obediential
9.9
Helps make people follow rules or orders
- adjective
- /əˈbiːdiənʃəl/
- Formal
:
obediencial
- The new policy was designed to be obediential, ensuring that all employees followed the safety regulations.
Examples
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Many teachers use obediential methods to encourage students to follow classroom rules.
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The obediential training program aimed to instill a sense of duty among the recruits.
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One loses one's excuse in forfeiting an obediential course that otherwise might be pursued, should one wish to pursue it.
Academic text (2018)
Synonyms
commanding
vsobediential
115
4.1
Having a strong presence that makes people pay attention
focuses on producing or enforcing obedience rather than just creating attention
authoritarian
vsobediential
56
7.5
Expecting people to follow orders and allowing little freedom
tends to make people comply without necessarily limiting personal freedom
How Controlling
oppressive
45
6.3
45
6.3
coercive
24
7.6
- Offensive
24
7.6
obediential
- Formal
disciplinary
73
6.1
- Formal
73
6.1
persuasive
100
3.9
100
3.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Obediential comes from the same root as obey and obedient, from Latin obedire 'to listen to' or 'to follow orders'. So obediential describes rules or measures meant to make people obey.