1
[ adjective ] relating to a specific field of academic study

Examples

"economics in its modern disciplinary sense"

Related terms

discipline

2
[ adjective ] relating to discipline in behavior

Examples

"disciplinary problems in the classroom"

Related terms

discipline

3
[ adjective ] designed to promote discipline

Synonyms

disciplinal corrective

Examples

"the teacher's action was corrective rather than instructional" "disciplinal measures" "the mother was stern and disciplinary"

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nonindulgent

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Rhymes with

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Phonetic and Homophones

D IH1 S AH0 P L AH0 N EH2 R IY0

Similar Spelling

disciplinal disciplinarian discipline disciplined discipleship

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