English Explanatory Dictionary

disciplinary

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having to do with discipline, or with the imposition of discipline.
  2. For the purpose of imposing punishment.
  3. Of or relating to an academic field of study.
noun
  1. A disciplinary action.

Pronunciation

/dɪsɪˈplɪnəɹi/ /ˈdɪs.ə.pləˌnɛɹi/ en-us-disciplinary.ogg

Word forms

disciplinary more disciplinary most disciplinary disciplinaries

Etymology

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

Derived words

antidisciplinary bidisciplinary crossdisciplinary cross-disciplinary disciplinarian disciplinarily disciplinarity disciplinary board disciplinary inquiry disciplinary literacy disciplinary loaf interdisciplinary intradisciplinary monodisciplinary multidisciplinary nondisciplinary pluridisciplinary subdisciplinary transdisciplinary undisciplinary unidisciplinary
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