discip- (Latin: discipulus, pupil, apprentice).According to Dr. Ernest Klein in his A comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, Elsevier Publishing Co., New York, 1966: "Folk etymology has associated Latin discipulus with discere, 'to learn', although derivatively the two words are not related." disciple:
1. One who follows or attends upon another for the purpose of learning from him; a pupil or scholar.
2. One of the personal followers of Jesus Christ during his life; especially, one of the Twelve Disciples. 3. Also applied in the New Testament to the early Christians generally; hence, in religious use, a professed follower of Christ, a Christian or believer. 4. One who follows, or is influenced by, the doctrine or example of another; one who belongs to the "school" of any leader of thought. 5. Someone who strongly believes in the teachings of a leader, a philosophy, or a religion, and is loyal to the group of his choice. disciplinarian:
Someone who insists that rules are obeyed strictly, and who punishes people who break them.
disciplinary:
Relating to the enforcing of rules and the punishing of people who break them.
discipline:
1. The practice or methods of enduring that people obey rules by teaching them to do so and punishing them if they do not.
2. A controlled orderly state, especially in a class of school children. 3. The ability to behave in a controlled and calm way even in a difficult or stressful situation. 4. Mental self-control used in directing or changing behavior, learning something, or training for something. 5. A branch of instruction or education; a department of learning or knowledge; a science or art in its educational aspect; a subject or field or activity, e.g., an academic subject. 6. Instruction having for its aim to form the pupil to proper conduct and action; the training of scholars or subordinates to proper and orderly action by instructing and exercising them in the same; mental and moral training; also used figuratively of the training effect of experience, adversity, etc. 7. The order maintained and observed among pupils, or other persons under control or command; such as, soldiers, sailors, the inmates of a religious house, a prison, etc. disciplined:
Showing orderliness and control in the way something is done or someone behaves.
discipliner:
One who disciplines or subjects to discipline; an adherent of a system of discipline.
discipular:
Of, belonging to, or of the nature of, a disciple.
discipulate:
The state of a disciple; discipleship, pupilage.
indisciplinable:
Incapable of being disciplined; not amenable to discipline; intractable.
interdisciplinary, pluridisciplinary:
Of or pertaining to two or more disciplines or branches of learning; contributing to or benefiting from two or more disciplines.
multidisciplinary, multidisciplined:
Combining many academic approaches, fields, or methods.
transdisciplinary:
Of or pertaining to more than one discipline or branch of learning; interdisciplinary.
undisciplined:
Not subjected to discipline; untrained.
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