Disciplinarian
noun
A person who enforces strict discipline or rules.
John's father is an old school disciplinarian. He's strict about curfew times and homework.
Often appears as...
- strict disciplinarian
- harsh disciplinarian
noun
A person who enforces strict discipline or rules.
John's father is an old school disciplinarian. He's strict about curfew times and homework.
Often appears as...
- strict disciplinarian
- harsh disciplinarian
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Strict Behavior
Used when someone demands obedience and doesn't tolerate rule-breaking or laziness.
Our coach is a disciplinarian; he expects us to stick to the training schedule.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Negative
Sometimes admired for maintaining order and achieving high standards.
Though a strict disciplinarian, Ms. Thompson is respected for her fair methods.
Pro Tip 3/3Parenting Style
Often describes a parenting approach focused on rules and consequences.
As a disciplinarian, my mom had clear rules which made me feel secure.
Pro Tip 1/3Strict Behavior
Used when someone demands obedience and doesn't tolerate rule-breaking or laziness.
Our coach is a disciplinarian; he expects us to stick to the training schedule.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Negative
Sometimes admired for maintaining order and achieving high standards.
Though a strict disciplinarian, Ms. Thompson is respected for her fair methods.
Pro Tip 3/3Parenting Style
Often describes a parenting approach focused on rules and consequences.
As a disciplinarian, my mom had clear rules which made me feel secure.
Pro Tip 1/3Strict Behavior
Used when someone demands obedience and doesn't tolerate rule-breaking or laziness.
Our coach is a disciplinarian; he expects us to stick to the training schedule.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Negative
Sometimes admired for maintaining order and achieving high standards.
Though a strict disciplinarian, Ms. Thompson is respected for her fair methods.
Pro Tip 3/3Parenting Style
Often describes a parenting approach focused on rules and consequences.
As a disciplinarian, my mom had clear rules which made me feel secure.
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A kinder, gentler...
You want to think, who would you like as your ideal dad? And your ideal dad is somebody who is tough but gentle. And it's a very hard line to make. We need fathers, as it were, the exemplary father figures in society, avoiding the two extremes, which is the authoritarian disciplinarian on the one hand,
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Jason Silva on...
consumer is the toughest market disciplinarian there is and I think your decisions every single day what you click on will you choose to watch you choose to do after you watch what you
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A kinder, gentler...
You want to think, who would you like as your ideal dad? And your ideal dad is somebody who is tough but gentle. And it's a very hard line to make. We need fathers, as it were, the exemplary father figures in society, avoiding the two extremes, which is the authoritarian disciplinarian on the one hand,
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Jason Silva on...
consumer is the toughest market disciplinarian there is and I think your decisions every single day what you click on will you choose to watch you choose to do after you watch what you
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Akshay Kumar
Indian Actor
I like working with south Indian directors because they are very disciplined. They visualize their entire story and screenplay in their heads even before they start shooting, which I respect. They finish their work on time. Being a disciplinarian myself, this suits my style.
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Jesse White
I'm a disciplinarian. And I've always been disciplined. I like to be on time. If I have a job to do, I'm going to see it from its beginning to its conclusion. No excuses, no alibis. That's how I run my life. It's called self-tough love.
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Stephen Mangan
English Actor
Dad was a strict disciplinarian and would give us a wallop with a wooden spoon if we were out of order. But we really respected him - he didn't try to be our best friend.
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Larry Fitzgerald
American Athlete
My dad used to give me a lot of spankings. Anything I did wrong, he was on me. I was raised by a strict disciplinarian. He kind of laid down the law.
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Shakira
Musician
Gerard and I pretty much share all parenting responsibilities, although I'm definitely the disciplinarian.
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Jason Day
Australian Athlete
When I lost my dad, there was no one there to be the disciplinarian, and we kind of ran amok.
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Roddy Llewellyn
British Journalist
I think I would make a good father. I'd be a disciplinarian.
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Mark Consuelos
American Actor
I am very traditional, and I am the disciplinarian.
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Nadia Comaneci
Romanian Athlete
My parents were very loving, but disciplinarians.
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Johnny Knoxville
American Actor
I'm the fun dad, I am also the disciplinarian.
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Akshay Kumar
Indian Actor
I like working with south Indian directors because they are very disciplined. They visualize their entire story and screenplay in their heads even before they start shooting, which I respect. They finish their work on time. Being a disciplinarian myself, this suits my style.
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Jesse White
I'm a disciplinarian. And I've always been disciplined. I like to be on time. If I have a job to do, I'm going to see it from its beginning to its conclusion. No excuses, no alibis. That's how I run my life. It's called self-tough love.
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Stephen Mangan
English Actor
Dad was a strict disciplinarian and would give us a wallop with a wooden spoon if we were out of order. But we really respected him - he didn't try to be our best friend.
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Larry Fitzgerald
American Athlete
My dad used to give me a lot of spankings. Anything I did wrong, he was on me. I was raised by a strict disciplinarian. He kind of laid down the law.
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Shakira
Musician
Gerard and I pretty much share all parenting responsibilities, although I'm definitely the disciplinarian.
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Jason Day
Australian Athlete
When I lost my dad, there was no one there to be the disciplinarian, and we kind of ran amok.
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Roddy Llewellyn
British Journalist
I think I would make a good father. I'd be a disciplinarian.
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Mark Consuelos
American Actor
I am very traditional, and I am the disciplinarian.
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Nadia Comaneci
Romanian Athlete
My parents were very loving, but disciplinarians.
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Johnny Knoxville
American Actor
I'm the fun dad, I am also the disciplinarian.
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