Skip to main content

We're in Beta! Found a bug? Let us know using the feedback button at the bottom right.

↑↓ navigate ↵ open esc close

disciplinary

C1 Topic:Describing Qualities
US /ˈdɪs.ə.pləˌnɛɹi/ UK /dɪsɪˈplɪnəɹi/
Freq #13951

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    relating to a specific field of academic study

    Economics in its modern disciplinary sense.

  2. 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

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

External links

markdown

Send feedback

What is this about?

Choose the closest match.

Optional — only if you'd like a reply.