- fostering, fosterage - encouragement; aiding the development of something
--1 is a kind of encouragement
Derived form: verb foster1 - breeding, bringing up, fostering, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing - raising someone to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"
--2 is a kind of socialization, socialisation, acculturation, enculturation
Derived form: verb foster3