Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

subdiscipline

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.45 in modern English

Syllables: sub-dis-ci-pline
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A field of study or work that is related to one aspect, but not the whole, of a broader field of study or work.

Example Sentences

"Social psychology is a subdiscipline of psychology."
"Phonology is a subdiscipline of linguistics."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English discipline English subdiscipline From sub- + discipline.

Inflected Forms

subdisciplines (plural)

Questions

What does subdiscipline mean?: A field of study or work that is related to one aspect, but not the whole, of a broader field of study or work.
Where does subdiscipline come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English discipline English subdiscipline From sub- + discipline.

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