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DISCIPLINARY
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Designed to promote discipline
Example:
the mother was stern and disciplinary
Synonyms:
corrective; disciplinal; disciplinary
Classified under:
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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