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disciplinary
- /ˌdɪsɪˈplɪnəɹi/ UK
- [ˌdɪsɪˈplɪnɹi] UK
- /ˈdɪs.ə.pləˌnɛɹi/ Canada, US
- /ˈdɪsəplənəɹi/ Australia
Where it comes from
From Medieval Latin disciplinarius, from Latin disciplina (“instruction, teaching, field of study, habit”).
adjective more disciplinary · most disciplinary
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
noun disciplinaries
- A disciplinary action.
- A disciplinary report. During my 3 weeks upstairs they wrote 4 disciplinaries on me: one for yankng my handcuffs away from an officer who was hurting me by twisting them, one for throwing a roll of toilet paper in the hall, and two verbal "assaults".
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: disciplinal, corrective, nonindulgent, discipline, disciplined, punishment, punitive, penal, self-discipline, correctional, subject, conduct, correction, rectitude, stringency, rigour
Translations
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adj having to do with discipline, or with the imposition of discipline
| Español | disciplinario |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | disziplinarisch |
| Русский | дисциплинарный disciplinarnyj |
adj for the purpose of imposing punishment
| Español | disciplinario |
|---|---|
| Français | disciplinaire |
| Deutsch | disziplinarisch, Disziplinar- |
| Русский | дисциплинарный disciplinarnyj |
| עברית | משמעתי mishma'aty |
adj of or relating to an academic field of study
| Deutsch | fachlich, fachbezogen |
|---|
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title = {disciplinary},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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