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DISCIPLINARY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Designed to promote discipline

Example:

the mother was stern and disciplinary

Synonyms:

corrective; disciplinal; disciplinary

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

nonindulgent; strict (characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint)

Derivation:

discipline (training to improve strength or self-control)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Relating to a specific field of academic study

Example:

economics in its modern disciplinary sense

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

discipline (a branch of knowledge)

Derivation:

discipline (a branch of knowledge)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Relating to discipline in behavior

Example:

disciplinary problems in the classroom

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

discipline (the trait of being well behaved)

Derivation:

discipline (the act of disciplining)

discipline (the trait of being well behaved)

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