According to WorldAtlas, Finland is the biggest coffee consumer in the entire world. The average Finn will consume 12 kg of coffee each year.
FOSTERAGE
breeding, bringing up, fostering, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing
(noun) helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community; “they debated whether nature or nurture was more important”
fostering, fosterage
(noun) encouragement; aiding the development of something
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
fosterage (countable and uncountable, plural fosterages)
The act of fostering another's child as if it were one's own.
The act of caring for another human being or animal.
The condition of being the foster child.
The act of promoting or encouraging something.
Anagrams
• foregates, forestage
Source: Wiktionary
Fos"ter*age (; 48), n.
Definition: The care of a foster child; the charge of nursing. Sir W. Raleigh.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CRITICAL
(adjective) characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; “a critical reading”; “a critical dissertation”; “a critical analysis of Melville’s writings”
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