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disciplinary

dis·cip·li·nary

UK/ˌdɪsɪˈplɪnəɹi/ US/ˌdɪsɪˈplɪnɹi/ fairly common

adjective

1.

relating to discipline in behavior

  • “disciplinary problems in the classroom”
2.

relating to a specific field of academic study

  • “economics in its modern disciplinary sense”
3.

designed to promote discipline

  • “the teacher”
  • “;”
  • “;”
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Origin

From Medieval Latin disciplinarius, from Latin disciplina (“instruction, teaching, field of study, habit”).

Phrases

  • disciplinary board
  • disciplinary inquiry
  • disciplinary literacy
  • disciplinary loaf

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