Hyphenation of upbringing

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word upbringing? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

up-bring-ing

Definitions of upbringing:

1.	Properties acquired during a person's formative years
2.	Helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community They debated whether nature or nurture was more important

Synonyms of upbringing:

noun	inheritance, heritage
noun	breeding, bringing up, fostering, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, socialization, socialisation, acculturation, enculturation

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