nurture

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I wonder how the nature versus nurture aspect comes into play in this.

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Quick take

the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of nurture gathered in one view.

noun

the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child

noun

helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"

verb

help develop, help grow; "nurture his talents"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for nurture.

noun

the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child

noun

helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"

verb

help develop, help grow; "nurture his talents"

verb

bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children"

verb

provide with nourishment; "We sustained ourselves on bread and water"; "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children"

Example sentences

I wonder how the nature versus nurture aspect comes into play in this.

And that I had failed to nurture their creativity or compensate them well enough.

He helped nurture multiple generations of jazz greats.

Regardless, I imagine that the nurture side of things had a huge, huge impact on my abilities, so: thanks mom!

You should watch Bret Victor again, talking about how much easier it is to crush an idea than to support it and nurture it.

Overprotecting stifles the very forces it is supposed to nurture.

Throw it into your continuous integration system, and nurture a culture around it.

I can't see why you'd chose to nurture a conflict here; you're picking on a small part of his post, reading it in the worst possible light, and blowing it out of proportion.

Rule number 1 of business: No matter what, regardless of who is right or wrong, never, ever antagonize or nurture a conflict with anyone.

And that tends to be that people who can build and nurture a forest tree by tree and row by row aren't the same people who can see the entire forest and what the seasons will bring.

This paper provides no evidence whatsoever that sex-biased gene expression is due to nature rather than nurture.

You can nurture them within a loving community all you want but if you protect them entirely from the consequences of their actions they will never become anything more than children.