disciplinary
/ˈdɪs.ə.pləˌnɛɹi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.75 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having to do with discipline, or with the imposition of discipline.
adj
For the purpose of imposing punishment.
adj
Of or relating to an academic field of study.
noun
A disciplinary action.
noun
A disciplinary report.
Example Sentences
- "Debt can motivate or act as a disciplinary force for executives to achieve organizational efficiency."
- "The school has announced that it will take disciplinary measures against the students who participated in the protest activities."
- "We hope that psychologists will applaud good studies of scientific behavior and thought regardless of the disciplinary specialty of the author."
- "Becoming more aware of the progress that scientists have made on behavioral fronts can reduce the risk that other natural scientists will resort to mystical agential accounts when they exceed the limits of their own disciplinary training."
- "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"."
Etymology
From Medieval Latin disciplinarius, from Latin disciplina (“instruction, teaching, field of study, habit”).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: disciplinarius, disciplina
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈdɪs.ə.pləˌnɛɹi/
- British English: /ˌdɪsɪˈplɪnəɹi/