Synonyms: nurture, breeding, bringing up, raising, rearing, fosterage, fostering, upbringing
Definition: helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
Usage: they debated whether nature or nurture was more important
Similar words: socialisation, socialization, enculturation, acculturation
Definition: the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture
Usage: the socialization of children to the norms of their culture
Synonyms: upbringing
Definition: properties acquired during a person's formative years
Similar words: heritage, inheritance
Definition: any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors
Usage: my only inheritance was my mother's blessing; the world's heritage of knowledge