Meanings
plural upgrowths
- The process or result of growing up; progress; development.
the new and mighty upgrowth of poetry in Italy
1876, John Richard Green, The History of the English People1 more example
The thorough and shameless commercialism of Sex has alas! been reserved for what is called "Christian civilization," and with it (perhaps as a necessary consequence) Prostitution and Syphilis have grown into appalling evils, accompanied by a gigantic degradation of social standards, and upgrowth of petty Philistinism and niaiserie.
1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 188
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian растеж, развитие
- растеж (rastež)process or result of growing up
- развитие (razvitie)process or result of growing up
French croissance, dévelopement
- croissanceprocess or result of growing up
- dévelopementprocess or result of growing up
German Wachstum
- Wachstumprocess or result of growing up
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