English adjective: disciplinary | |||
1. | disciplinary relating to discipline in behavior | ||
Samples | Disciplinary problems in the classroom. | ||
2. | disciplinary relating to a specific field of academic study | ||
Samples | Economics in its modern disciplinary sense. | ||
3. | disciplinary designed to promote discipline | ||
Samples | The teacher's action was corrective rather than instructional. Disciplinal measures. The mother was stern and disciplinary. | ||
Synonyms | corrective, disciplinal | ||
Similar | nonindulgent, strict | ||
Antonyms | indulgent | ||