discipline
See also: discipliné
English
Etymology
From Middle English [Term?], from Anglo-Norman, from Old French descipline, from Latin disciplina (“instruction”), from discipulus (“pupil”), from discere (“to learn”), from Proto-Indo-European *dek- (“(cause to) accept”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɪs.ɪ.plɪn/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈdɪs.ə.plɪn/, /ˈdɪs.ə.plən/
Audio (US, California) (file)
Noun
discipline (countable and uncountable, plural disciplines)
- A controlled behaviour; self-control.
- a. 1729, John Rogers, The Difficulties of Obtaining Salvation
- The most perfect, who have their passions in the best discipline, are yet obliged to be constantly on their guard.
- An enforced compliance or control.
- 1956, Michael Arlen, “1/1/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:
- 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.
- 1871, Charles John Smith, Synonyms Discriminated
- Discipline aims at the removal of bad habits and the substitution of good ones, especially those of order, regularity, and obedience.
- 1973, Bible (New International Version), Hebrews 12:7:
- Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father?
- 1871, Charles John Smith, Synonyms Discriminated
- A state of order based on submission to authority.
- 1697, Virgil, “The Second Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 403869432:
- Their wildness lose, and, quitting nature's part, / Obey the rules and discipline of art.
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- A set of rules regulating behaviour.
- A punishment to train or maintain control.
- 1712 October 13 (Gregorian calendar), Joseph Addison; Richard Steele [et al.], “THURSDAY, October 2, 1712”, in The Spectator, number 499; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume V, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, OCLC 191120697:
- giving her the discipline of the strap
- (Catholicism) A whip used for self-flagellation.
- A flagellation as a means of obtaining sexual gratification.
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- a. 1729, John Rogers, The Difficulties of Obtaining Salvation
- A specific branch of knowledge or learning.
- 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.
- 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.
- A category in which a certain art, sport or other activity belongs.
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Synonyms
- (branch or category): field, sphere
- (punishment): penalty, sanction
Antonyms
- (controlled behaviour et al.): spontaneity
Derived terms
- academic discipline
- discipline-specific
- market discipline
- pseudodiscipline
- self-discipline
- subdiscipline
Related terms
- disciple
- disciplinal
- disciplinarian
- disciplinary
- discipliner
- interdisciplinary
- multidisciplinary
Translations
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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Catholicism: whip used for self-flagellation
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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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See also
- castigation
- stricture
Verb
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
- drill
Related terms
- disciplined
- disciplinable
- disciplinarian
Translations
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
Etymology
From Middle Dutch discipline, from Old French discipline, from Latin disciplīna.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌdi.siˈpli.nə/, /ˌdɪ.siˈpli.nə/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: dis‧ci‧pli‧ne
- Rhymes: -inə
Noun
discipline f (plural disciplines, diminutive disciplinetje n)
- discipline, self-control
- Synonyms: zelfbeheersing, zelfcontrole
- discipline, regime of forcing compliance
- discipline, sanction
- Synonym: tucht
- discipline, branch
- Synonym: tak
Derived terms
- disciplinair
- disciplineren
- kadaverdiscipline
- kerndiscipline
- onderzoeksdiscipline
- sportdiscipline
Related terms
- discipel
- ongedisciplineerd
Descendants
- Afrikaans: dissipline
- → Indonesian: disiplin
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.si.plin/
Audio (file)
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin disciplīna.
Noun
discipline f (plural disciplines)
- discipline, sanction
- discipline, self-control
- discipline, branch
Derived terms
- disciplinaire
- discipliner
Related terms
- disciple
Descendants
- → Turkish: disiplin
Verb
discipline
- inflection of discipliner:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “discipline”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Noun
discipline f pl
- plural of disciplina
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.siˈplĩ.ni/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.siˈpli.ne/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /diʃ.siˈpli.n(ɨ)/, (natural pronunciation) /di.ʃiˈpli.n(ɨ)/
Verb
discipline
- inflection of disciplinar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Spanish
Verb
discipline
- inflection of disciplinar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative