What is "upbringings"

Usage examples of "upbringings".

It was only at night, when the older gener­ation danced the quickstep to the ship's band and they were left alone to stare down at the white water swirling from the ship's side and invest one another with those qualities their different upbringings had extolled, that they spoke their feelings.

And in her old cabin Jessica and Lockhart lay in one another's arms as ignor­ant of any further purpose in their marriage as their singular upbringings had left them.

Terek Molt aside, all the others had enjoyed privileged upbringings with advantages that she had never even come close to enjoying.

To hear the other cadets speak of their homes and peaceful upbringings made me wonder if perhaps we are the only folk so troubled.