disciplinary C1 Topic:Education & Learning US /ˈdɪs.ə.pləˌnɛɹi/ UK /dɪsɪˈplɪnəɹi/ See IPA manual Freq #13951 Meanings 1 adj relating to a specific field of academic study Economics in its modern disciplinary sense. 2 adj relating to discipline in behavior Disciplinary problems in the classroom. Thesaurus Synonyms punitorypenal Word family Derived forms antidisciplinarybidisciplinarycross-disciplinarycrossdisciplinarydisciplinariandisciplinarilydisciplinarityinterdisciplinaryintradisciplinarymonodisciplinarymultidisciplinarynondisciplinary Related forms discipline Etymology From Medieval Latin disciplinarius, from Latin disciplina (“instruction, teaching, field of study, habit”). disciplinarius la-med disciplina Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Education & Learning Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # disciplinary **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈdɪs.ə.pləˌnɛɹi/ **IPA (UK):** /dɪsɪˈplɪnəɹi/ **Frequency rank:** 13951 ## Meanings 1. relating to a specific field of academic study 2. relating to discipline in behavior ## Examples - Economics in its modern disciplinary sense. - Disciplinary problems in the classroom. ## Synonyms - punitory - penal ## Derived Forms - antidisciplinary - bidisciplinary - cross-disciplinary - crossdisciplinary - disciplinarian - disciplinarily - disciplinarity - interdisciplinary - intradisciplinary - monodisciplinary - multidisciplinary - nondisciplinary ## Related Forms - discipline ## Roots and Affixes - Root: disciplinarius - Root: disciplina ## Etymology From Medieval Latin disciplinarius, from Latin disciplina (“instruction, teaching, field of study, habit”). ## Topics - Education & Learning - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown