Disciplinary

//ˈdɪs.ə.pləˌnɛɹi// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A disciplinary action.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Having to do with discipline, or with the imposition of discipline.

    "Debt can motivate or act as a disciplinary force for executives to achieve organizational efficiency."

  2. 2
    For the purpose of imposing punishment.

    "The school has announced that it will take disciplinary measures against the students who participated in the protest activities."

  3. 3
    Of or relating to an academic field of study.

    "We hope that psychologists will applaud good studies of scientific behavior and thought regardless of the disciplinary specialty of the author."

Adjective
  1. 1
    designed to promote discipline wordnet
  2. 2
    relating to a specific field of academic study wordnet
  3. 3
    relating to discipline in behavior wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
autodidacticcastigatorychasteningchastisingcoeducationalcorrective

Example

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"Acts of violence will not be tolerated and will be responded to with appropriate disciplinary action."

Etymology

From Medieval Latin disciplinarius, from Latin disciplina (“instruction, teaching, field of study, habit”).

Related phrases

cross-disciplinarydisciplinary boarddisciplinary inquirydisciplinary literacydisciplinary loaffield of study

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