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Definition of Bringing up
1. Noun. Helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community. "They debated whether nature or nurture was more important"
Generic synonyms: Acculturation, Enculturation, Socialisation, Socialization
Derivative terms: Foster, Foster, Foster, Nurtural, Nurture, Nurture, Rear
Definition of Bringing up
1. Verb. (present participle of bring up) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bringing Up
Literary usage of Bringing up
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana (1897)
"and sometimes, in one sweep of an instant, described an arc of more than forty-five
degrees, bringing up with a sudden jerk, which made it necessary ..."
2. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1850)
"Sensible, as of beasts, for pleasure, preservation of kind, mutual agreement,
custom. bringing up together, ..."
3. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"bringing up A SON From < The Garden of Perfume ' HEN a boy has passed ten years
of age, Say: "Sit apart from those not unlawful" [to him in marriage]. ..."
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