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| 1. | [ adjective ] relating to a specific field of academic study | |
| Examples: | "economics in its modern disciplinary sense" |
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| Related terms: | discipline | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] relating to discipline in behavior | |
| Examples: | "disciplinary problems in the classroom" |
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| Related terms: | discipline | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] designed to promote discipline | |
| Synonyms: | disciplinal corrective | |
| Examples: | "the teacher's action was corrective rather than instructional" "disciplinal measures" "the mother was stern and disciplinary" |
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| Related terms: | nonindulgent | |
| Similar spelling: |
disciplinal disciplinarian discipline disciplined discipleship |
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