Meaning & use
Disciplinary
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Relating to the enforcement of rules or punishment for breaking them, or relating to a specific field of academic study.
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The employee faced disciplinary action after repeated lateness.
The conference brought together scholars from several disciplinary backgrounds.
A note on using this word
"Disciplinary" has two distinct uses — one tied to punishment and rule enforcement, the other to academic "disciplines" like history or biology — so context matters.
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Another way to use it
2. adjective
Relating to a particular branch or field of academic study.
The research project required a disciplinary team spanning biology and computer science.
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