upbringing

Noun	1.	upbringing - properties acquired during a person's formative years
	2.	upbringing - raising someone to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important" Synonyms: bringing up, fosterage, fostering, nurture, rearing, breeding, raising

apprenticeship, basic training, breaking, breeding, conditioning, cultivation, development, discipline, drill, drilling, education, exercise, fetching-up, fostering, grooming, housebreaking, improvement, in-service training, manual training, military training, nurture, nurturing, on-the-job training, practice, preparation, raising, readying, rearing, rehearsal, sloyd, training, vocational education, vocational training