fostering
1. encouragement;
aiding the development of something (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
fosterage
• Derivationally related forms:
foster (for: fosterage), foster
• Hypernyms:
encouragement
2. helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
- they debated whether nature or nurture was more important
• Syn:
breeding, bringing up, fosterage, nurture, raising,
rearing, upbringing
• Derivationally related forms:
rear (for: rearing), nurtural (for: nurture), nurture (for: nurture), foster (for: fosterage), foster
• Hypernyms:
socialization, socialisation, acculturation, enculturation
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