Definition of DISCIPLINARY

disciplinary

Plural: disciplinaries

Adjective

  • relating to discipline in behavior
    • "disciplinary problems in the classroom"
  • relating to a specific field of academic study
    • "economics in its modern disciplinary sense"

Adjective Satellite

  • designed to promote discipline
    • "the mother was stern and disciplinary"

Adj

  • Having to do with discipline, or with the imposition of discipline.
  • For the purpose of imposing punishment.
  • Of or relating to an academic field of study.

Noun

  • A disciplinary action.

Examples

  • "Debt can motivate or act as a disciplinary force for executives to achieve organizational efficiency."
  • "The school has announced that it will take disciplinary measures against the students who participated in the protest activities."
  • "We hope that psychologists will applaud good studies of scientific behavior and thought regardless of the disciplinary specialty of the author."

Origin / Etymology

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

Scrabble Score: 20

disciplinary is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
disciplinary is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
disciplinary is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 23

disciplinary is a valid Words With Friends word