[1] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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

[2] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

33 moby thesaurus words for "upbringing":
   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

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