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indiscipline

indiscipline

1 7.2
A situation where people do not follow rules and cause disorder
  • noun
  • /ˌɪnˈdɪsəplɪn/
translation icon : indisciplina
  • From the interview, some teaching staff expressed their feelings on the high rate of indiscipline among non-teaching staff with regard to non-compliance with rules and regulations as they concerned their jobs.
  • a high level of indiscipline
  • a level of indiscipline

Examples

  • Manuel Cholanga, an activist with the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE), stated, "We will not permit acts of indiscipline."

    Academic text (2004)

  • Ignorance, inexperience, or outright indiscipline are often the causes of errors.

    Blog text (11)

  • I will not have indiscipline in my college.

    The Householder (1963)

  • I developed a kind of indiscipline toward work.

    Blog text (9)

  • If any student is found guilty of indiscipline... severe measures will be taken against him.

    The Householder (1963)

  • Here we had to consider several human concerns, such as the maltreatment of prisoners, torture, abuse of the local population, and general military indiscipline.

    Academic text (1993)

  • He criticized financial indiscipline in government and declared that UNIP was undemocratic and stagnant.

    Academic text (2006)

  • The regime of General Buhari (1984-1985) called on Nigerians to be disciplined under his program of War Against Indiscipline (WAI).

    Academic text (1993)

  • The teacher addressed the class about the issue of indiscipline during school hours.

  • Many schools implement strict policies to curb indiscipline among students.

Synonyms

disobedience
vsindiscipline
55 4.2

Refusing to obey rules or people in charge

is a wider lack of control over behaviour, not only specific refusals
insubordination
vsindiscipline
38 8.5

Refusing to obey orders or respect a person in charge

is a broader lack of control rather than a formal refusal of orders
rebelliousness
vsindiscipline
3 6.7

A strong wish not to follow rules or authority

is a more general absence of control that is not always deliberate
unruliness
vsindiscipline
1 7.2

A tendency to be difficult to control and to disobey rules

is the internal lack of control that causes such outward behaviour
undiscipline
vsindiscipline
9.9

Not being able to control yourself or follow rules

is a broader absence of control that often causes refusal or chaotic behaviour
disorderliness
vsindiscipline
6.0

Noisy actions by people who do not follow rules or order

is the underlying failure to control that leads to such mess

Antonyms

discipline
165 3.5

Ability to control your actions and follow rules

How Disciplined

discipline
173 3.6
self-control
53 3.3
indiscipline
1 7.2
disorder
31 3.7

Surface Forms

indiscipline singular
indisciplines plural

Morphology

indiscipline = discipline (transparent) = in + discipline

The noun is formed in a straightforward way from 'discipline' with negative 'in-' meaning a lack or absence of discipline.

Etymology

Indiscipline comes from the prefix in- meaning 'not' and discipline, a word related to disciple that once meant a 'learner' or someone 'trained'. So indiscipline literally means 'not trained', which is why it describes a lack of control or failure to follow rules.