adj · noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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adj
Meaning 1
Having to do with discipline, or with the imposition of discipline.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Debt can motivate or act as a disciplinary force for executives to achieve organizational efficiency.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
For the purpose of imposing punishment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
The school has announced that it will take disciplinary measures against the students who participated in the protest activities.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adj
Meaning 3
Of or relating to an academic field of study.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
We hope that psychologists will applaud good studies of scientific behavior and thought regardless of the disciplinary specialty of the author.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A disciplinary action.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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5
noun
Meaning 5
A disciplinary report.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
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adjective
Meaning 6
relating to a specific field of academic study
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
economics in its modern disciplinary sense
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
adjective
Meaning 7
relating to discipline in behavior
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
disciplinary problems in the classroom
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
8
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
designed to promote discipline
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the teacher's action was corrective rather than instructional
disciplinal measures
the mother was stern and disciplinary
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: corrective, disciplinal
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Medieval Latin disciplinarius, from Latin disciplina (“instruction, teaching, field of study, habit”).
Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
կարգապահական
(kargapahakan)
— having to do with discipline, or with the imposition of discipline
Catalan:
disciplinari
— having to do with discipline, or with the imposition of discipline
Finnish:
kuri-
— having to do with discipline, or with the imposition of discipline
Finnish:
kurinpito-
— having to do with discipline, or with the imposition of discipline
Finnish:
kurinpidollinen
— having to do with discipline, or with the imposition of discipline
German:
disziplinarisch
— having to do with discipline, or with the imposition of discipline
Hungarian:
fegyelmező
— having to do with discipline, or with the imposition of discipline
Hungarian:
fegyelmezési
— having to do with discipline, or with the imposition of discipline
Indonesian:
disipliner
— having to do with discipline, or with the imposition of discipline
Irish:
smachtaithe
— having to do with discipline, or with the imposition of discipline
Malayalam:
അച്ചടക്ക
(accaṭakka)
— having to do with discipline, or with the imposition of discipline
Russian:
дисциплинарный
(disciplinarnyj)
— having to do with discipline, or with the imposition of discipline
Spanish:
disciplinario
— having to do with discipline, or with the imposition of discipline
Welsh:
disgyblaethol
— having to do with discipline, or with the imposition of discipline
Armenian:
կարգապահական
(kargapahakan)
— for the purpose of imposing punishment
Catalan:
disciplinari
— for the purpose of imposing punishment
Czech:
kázeňský
— for the purpose of imposing punishment
Dutch:
tuchtrechtelijk
— for the purpose of imposing punishment
Dutch:
disciplinair
— for the purpose of imposing punishment
Finnish:
kuri-
— for the purpose of imposing punishment
Finnish:
kurinpito-
— for the purpose of imposing punishment
Finnish:
kurinpidollinen
— for the purpose of imposing punishment
French:
disciplinaire
— for the purpose of imposing punishment
German:
disziplinarisch
— for the purpose of imposing punishment
German:
Disziplinar-
— for the purpose of imposing punishment
Hebrew:
משמעתי
(mishma'aty)
— for the purpose of imposing punishment
Hungarian:
fegyelmi
— for the purpose of imposing punishment
Hungarian:
fegyelmező
— for the purpose of imposing punishment
Indonesian:
disipliner
— for the purpose of imposing punishment
Polish:
dyscyplinarny
— for the purpose of imposing punishment
Russian:
дисциплинарный
(disciplinarnyj)
— for the purpose of imposing punishment
Spanish:
disciplinario
— for the purpose of imposing punishment
Swedish:
disciplinär
— for the purpose of imposing punishment
Armenian:
գիտակարգային
(gitakargayin)
— of or relating to an academic field of study
Finnish:
disiplinaarinen
— of or relating to an academic field of study
German:
fachlich
— of or relating to an academic field of study
German:
fachbezogen
— of or relating to an academic field of study
Hungarian:
szakmai
— of or relating to an academic field of study
Hungarian:
szakirányú
— of or relating to an academic field of study
