Synonyms of the word

breeding

• n. Propagation of offspring through sexual reproduction.
• n. The act of insemination by natural or artificial means.
• n. The act of copulation in animals.
• n. The good manners regarded as characteristic of the aristocracy and conferred by heredity.
• n. Nurture; education; formation of manners.
• n. Descent; pedigree; extraction.
• n. (gay slang) Ejaculation inside the rectum during bareback anal sex, usually applied to gay pornography.
• adj. Of, relating to or used for breeding.
• v. present participle of breed.

acculturation

• n. A process by which the culture of an isolated society changes on contact with a different one.
• n. A process by which a person acquires the culture of the society that he/she inhabits, starting at birth.

education

• n. (uncountable) The process of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment.
• n. (countable) Facts, skills and ideas that have been learned, either formally or informally.

elegance

• n. Grace, refinement, and beauty in movement, appearance, or manners.
• n. Restraint and grace of style.
• n. The beauty of an idea characterized by minimalism and intuitiveness while preserving exactness and precision.
• n. (countable) A refinement or luxury.

enculturation

• n. The process by which an individual adopts the behaviour patterns of the culture in which he or she is…

fosterage

• n. The act of fostering another's child as if it were one's own.
• n. The act of caring for another human being or animal.
• n. The condition of being the foster child.
• n. The act of promoting or encouraging something.

fostering

• v. present participle of foster.
• n. raising someone to be an accepted member of the community.
• n. encouragement; aiding the development of something.

fruitful

• adj. Favourable to the growth of fruit or useful vegetation; fertile; not barren.
• adj. Being productive in any sense; yielding benefits.

genteelness

• n. The quality of being genteel.

gentility

• n. (uncountable) The state of being elegant, genteel, having good breeding, or being socially superior.
• n. The upper classes, the gentry.

nurture

• n. The act of nourishing or nursing; tender care; education; training.
• n. That which nourishes; food; diet.
• n. The environmental influences that contribute to the development of an individual; see also nature.
• v. To nourish or nurse.
• v. (figuratively, by extension) To encourage, especially the growth or development of something.

procreation

• n. The process by which an organism produces others of its biological kind.
• n. The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing biological offspring.

production

• n. The act of producing, making or creating something.
• n. The act of bringing something forward, out etc. for use or consideration.
• n. The act of being produced.
• n. The total amount produced.
• n. The presentation of a theatrical work.
• n. An occasion or activity made more complicated than necessary.
• n. That which is manufactured or is ready for manufacturing in volume (as opposed to a prototype or conceptual…
• n. The act of lengthening out or prolonging.
• n. (computing) A rewrite rule specifying a symbol substitution that can be recursively performed to generate…

raising

• v. present participle of raise.
• n. Elevation.
• n. Nurturing; cultivation; providing sustenance and protection for a living thing from conception to maturity.
• n. Recruitment.
• n. Collection or gathering, especially of money.
• n. (US) The operation or work of setting up the frame of a building.
• n. The operation of embossing sheet metal, or of forming it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering,…

rearing

• v. present participle of rear.
• n. Act of raising young.

reproduction

• n. The act of reproducing new individuals biologically.
• n. The act of making copies.
• n. A copy of something, as in a piece of art; a duplicate.

sex

• n. (countable) A category into which sexually-reproducing organisms are divided on the basis of their reproductive…
• n. (countable) Another category, especially of humans and especially based on sexuality or gender roles.
• n. (countable) The members of such a category, taken collectively.
• n. (uncountable) The distinction and relation between these categories, especially in humans; gender.
• n. (obsolete or literary, uncountable, with "the") Women; the human female sex and those who belong to it.
• n. (uncountable) Sexual activity, usually sexual intercourse unless preceded by a modifier.
• n. (countable, euphemistic or slang) Genitalia: a penis or vagina.
• v. (zoology, transitive) To determine the sex of an animal.
• v. (chiefly US, colloquial, intransitive) To have sex with.
• n. (obsolete) Alternative form of sect.

socialisation

• n. Alternative spelling of socialization.

socialization

• n. (sociology, psychology) The process of learning how to live in a way acceptable to one's own society,…
• n. The act of interacting with others, of being social.
• n. Taking under government control as implementing socialism.

training

• v. present participle of train.
• n. Action of the verb to train.
• n. The activity of imparting and acquiring skills.
• n. The result of good social upbringing.
• n. (computing) The process by which two modems determine which protocol and speed to use; handshaking.
• n. (voice recognition) The recording of multiple samples of a user's voice to aid pattern recognition.

upbringing

• n. The traits acquired during one's childhood training.
• n. The raising or training of a child.