nurtural

[ nur-cher-uhl ]

adjective

1. relating to or originating from environment or upbringing:

   The study never addresses whether the differences were natural or nurtural, merely noting that they exist.

Word History and Origins

Origin of nurtural¹

First recorded in 1855–60; nurture ( def ) + -al ¹( def )

Example Sentences

By this we mean, of course, the natural as distinguished from the nurtural differences—to use the antithetic terms so usefully adapted by Sir Francis Galton from Shakespeare.

From Project Gutenberg

The natural, as distinguished from the nurtural, distinctions at this period are probably much fewer than is supposed.

From Project Gutenberg