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English
Etymology
From Middle English , from Anglo-Norman , from Old French descipline , from Latin disciplina ( “ instruction ” ) , from discipulus ( “ pupil ” ) , influenced by disco ( “ 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/
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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 .
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?
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 :Their wildness lose, and, quitting nature's part, / Obey the rules and discipline of art.
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 :giving her the discipline of the strap
( Catholicism ) A whip used for self-flagellation .
2024 March 16, Antonia Cundy, “The Opus Dei diaries”, in FT Weekend , page 18 :All she had done was give Teena a cilice, a barbed metal chain she was to tie around her thigh for two hours every day, and a discipline , a rope whip with knotted ends she was to use on her back when she prayed the Hail Mary.
A flagellation as a means of obtaining sexual gratification .
A specific branch of knowledge , learning , or practice .
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.
Synonyms
Antonyms
(antonym(s) of " controlled behaviour et al." ): spontaneity
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Translations
controlled behaviour, self-control
Arabic: اِنْضِبَاط m ( inḍibāṭ ) , تَهْذِيب m ( tahḏīb )
Armenian: կարգապահություն (hy) ( kargapahutʻyun )
Azerbaijani: intizam (az) , nizam , nizam-intizam
Bashkir: тәртип ( tərtip )
Basque: please add this translation if you can
Belarusian: дысцыплі́на f ( dyscyplína )
Bulgarian: дисципли́на (bg) f ( disciplína )
Burmese: စည်းကမ်း (my) ( cany:kam: )
Catalan: disciplina (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 紀律 / 纪律 (zh) ( jìlǜ )
Czech: kázeň (cs) f , disciplína (cs) f
Danish: disciplin c
Dutch: discipline (nl) , (zelf )beheersing
Esperanto: disĉiplo
Finnish: kuri (fi) , itsekuri (fi)
French: discipline (fr) f
Galician: disciplina (gl) f
Georgian: დისციპლინა ( disciṗlina )
German: Disziplin (de) f
Greek: πειθαρχία (el) f ( peitharchía )
Hebrew: משמעת f ( mishma'at )
Hindi: अनुशासन (hi) m ( anuśāsan )
Hungarian: fegyelem (hu)
Icelandic: agi m
Indonesian: disiplin (id)
Irish: smacht m , araíonacht f
Italian: disciplina (it) f
Japanese: 規律 (ja) ( きりつ, kiritsu )
Khmer: វិនយ (km) ( vĭnyô )
Korean: 규율 (ko) ( gyuyul )
Latin: disciplina f
Latvian: disciplīna f
Lithuanian: disciplina f
Macedonian: дисциплина f ( disciplina )
Malayalam: അച്ചടക്കം (ml) ( accaṭakkaṁ )
Maori: whakaraupapa
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: disiplin (no) m
Nynorsk: disiplin m
Ottoman Turkish: نظام وانتظام ( niźam-u-intiźam )
Polish: dyscyplina (pl) f
Portuguese: disciplina (pt) f
Romanian: disciplină (ro) f
Russian: дисципли́на (ru) f ( disciplína ) , дисциплини́рованность (ru) f ( disciplinírovannostʹ )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: дисципли́на f
Roman: disciplína (sh) f
Slovak: disciplína f
Slovene: disciplina f
Spanish: disciplina (es) f
Swedish: disciplin (sv) c
Tagalog: takdang-aral , disiplina
Thai: วินัย (th) ( wí-nai )
Turkish: disiplin (tr)
Ukrainian: дисциплі́на f ( dyscyplína )
Vietnamese: kỉ luật (vi)
Welsh: disgyblaeth f
enforced compliance or control
Catholicism: whip used for self-flagellation
flagellation as a means of obtaining sexual gratification
specific branch or knowledge or learning
category in which a certain activity belongs
See also
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.
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Translations
to train someone by instruction and practice
to teach someone to obey authority
to punish someone in order to (re)gain control
to impose order on someone
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch discipline , from Old French discipline , from Latin disciplīna .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˌdi.siˈpli.nə/ , /ˌdɪ.siˈpli.nə/
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
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Descendants
French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin disciplīna .
Noun
discipline f (plural disciplines )
discipline , sanction
discipline, self-control
discipline, branch
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Descendants
Etymology 2
Verb
discipline
inflection of discipliner :
first / third-person singular present indicative / subjunctive
second-person singular imperative
Further reading
Italian
Noun
discipline f pl
plural of disciplina
Portuguese
Pronunciation
( Portugal ) IPA (key ) : ( careful pronunciation ) /diʃ.siˈpli.nɨ/ , /di.siˈpli.nɨ/
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