disciplinal

/'disiplinəl/

Thân thiện

The teacher used a disciplinal approach to maintain classroom order.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Relating to or designed to promote discipline: "disciplinal" describes something intended to enforce or encourage orderly conduct, obedience, or control. It often implies corrective or punitive measures.
   • Pertaining to training that corrects or molds: It can refer to actions or systems meant to train people to follow rules or a particular code of behavior.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The school's disciplinal policies were strict but fair. (The school's rules were designed to enforce order and were just.)
  • His approach was more disciplinal than educational, focusing on obedience. (His method was more about enforcing rules than about teaching.)

Advanced Usage

• "disciplinal action": A formal measure taken to correct behavior or enforce rules.
  • The company took disciplinal action against the employee for violating the code of conduct.
• "disciplinal measures": Specific steps or rules implemented to maintain discipline.
  • The coach implemented new disciplinal measures to improve the team's focus.

Variants and Related Words

• Disciplinary (adj): This is a much more common synonym with the same core meaning. "Disciplinal" is a rarer, more formal variant.
  • The committee discussed possible disciplinary steps.
• Discipline (n): The practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behavior.
  • Maintaining discipline in the classroom is essential.
• Discipline (v): To train someone to obey rules or punish someone for breaking them.
  • The officer had to discipline the recruit.

Synonyms

• Corrective: Intended to correct or rectify behavior.
• Punitive: Inflicting or intended as punishment.
• Regulatory: Serving to regulate or control.

Related Phrases

• To take a disciplinal approach: To use methods focused on enforcing rules and order.
  • The new principal decided to take a disciplinal approach to curb tardiness.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. designed to promote discipline
   • the teacher's action was corrective rather than instructional
   • disciplinal measures
   • the mother was stern and disciplinary

Từ đồng nghĩa

• corrective
• disciplinary