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 | ||