disciplinarian
pronunciation
How to pronounce disciplinarian in British English:
UK [ˌdɪsəplɪˈneəriən]
How to pronounce disciplinarian in American English:
US [ˌdɪsəplɪˈneriən]
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- Noun:
- someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
Word Origin
- disciplinarian (n.)
- "one who enforces order," 1630s, see discipline; earlier used of Puritans who wanted to establish the Presbyterian "discipline" in England (1580s). Meaning "advocate of greater discipline" is from 1746.
Example
- 1. A wise stepfather , for example , doesn 't try to become the family disciplinarian .
- 2. Theoretical basis for discussing disaster disciplinarian -- the probability of extreme climate event .
- 3. My father was a strict disciplinarian .
- 4. It save time and availability to avoid tummy bug because of not disciplinarian bite and sup .
- 5. The paper considers that corporate governance is a increasingly developing dynamic process , its development keeps the life cycle disciplinarian of corporate governance .