discipline
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See also: discipliné
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French descipline, from Latin disciplina (“instruction”) and discipulus (“pupil”), from discere (“to learn”), from Proto-Indo-European *dek- (“(cause to) accept”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
discipline (countable and uncountable, plural disciplines)
- A controlled behaviour; self-control.
- Rogers
- The most perfect, who have their passions in the best discipline, are yet obliged to be constantly on their guard.
- Rogers
- An enforced compliance or control.
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1956, Michael Arlen, “1/1/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days[1]:
- The masters looked unusually stern, but it was the sternness of thought rather than of discipline.
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- A systematic method of obtaining obedience.
- C. J. Smith
- Discipline aims at the removal of bad habits and the substitution of good ones, especially those of order, regularity, and obedience.
- C. J. Smith
- A state of order based on submission to authority.
- Dryden
- Their wildness lose, and, quitting nature's part, / Obey the rules and discipline of art.
- Dryden
- A punishment to train or maintain control.
- Addison
- giving her the discipline of the strap
- Addison
- (Catholicism): A whip used for self-flagellation.
- A set of rules regulating behaviour.
- A flagellation as a means of obtaining sexual gratification.
- A specific branch of knowledge or learning.
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2013 August 3, “Boundary problems”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:
- Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art.
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1648, John Wilkins, Mathematical Magick:
- This mathematical discipline, by the help of geometrical principles, doth teach to contrive several weights and powers unto motion or rest.
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- A category in which a certain art, sport or other activity belongs.
Synonyms[edit]
Antonyms[edit]
- (controlled behaviour et al.): spontaneity
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
controlled behaviour, self-control
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enforced compliance or control
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systematic method
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state of order
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punishment
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set of rules
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flagellation as a means of obtaining sexual gratification
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specific branch or knowledge or learning
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category in which a certain activity belongs
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Verb[edit]
discipline (third-person singular simple present disciplines, present participle disciplining, simple past and past participle disciplined)
- (transitive) To train someone by instruction and practice.
- (transitive) To teach someone to obey authority.
- (transitive) To punish someone in order to (re)gain control.
- (transitive) To impose order on someone.
Synonyms[edit]
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Translations[edit]
to train someone by instruction and practice
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to teach someone to obey authority
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to punish someone in order to (re)gain control
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to impose order on someone
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Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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Audio (file) - Hyphenation: dis‧ci‧pli‧ne
Noun[edit]
discipline f (plural disciplines, diminutive disciplinetje n)
- discipline, sanction
- discipline, self-control
- discipline, branch
Synonyms[edit]
- tucht
- (self-control): zelfbeheersing
- (branch): tak
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French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
discipline f (plural disciplines)
- discipline, sanction
- discipline, self-control
- discipline, branch
Derived terms[edit]
Verb[edit]
discipline
- first-person singular present indicative of discipliner
- third-person singular present indicative of discipliner
- first-person singular present subjunctive of discipliner
- first-person singular present subjunctive of discipliner
- second-person singular imperative of discipliner
Further reading[edit]
- “discipline” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian[edit]
Noun[edit]
discipline f pl
- plural of disciplina
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
discipline
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of disciplinar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of disciplinar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of disciplinar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of disciplinar
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
discipline
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of disciplinar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of disciplinar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of disciplinar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of disciplinar.
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