regimentation
2
7.7
- noun
- /ˌrɛdʒɪmɛnˈteɪʃən/
:
reglamentación
- The company's regimentation of work hours ensures all employees adhere to the same schedule.
- regimentation and discipline
- regimentation and control
When he quit he said one was he just got tired of the regimentation.
- When he quit he said one was he just got tired of the regimentation.
- And then there's the the work and there's the regimentation.
Examples
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The pedagogical principles of these spaces were about control and strict regimentation, with very little consideration for free or active play.
Blog text (1) -
To humanize society, to break away from the artificiality, the regimentation that dominates our society today.
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Irish pupils do recall much about other aspects of school regimentation, and especially about their teachers.
Academic text (1999) -
I, for one, am adamantly opposed to this regimentation, both because I believe in voluntary action over government dictate.
Blog text (27) -
In ballet, for example, the discomfort of physical exertion, regimentation, and anxiety in learning is often offset by dreams of success on stage.
Academic text (1994) -
The experience at Shubenacadie affected her profoundly, and even as a mature wife and mother, she still exhibited the deeply ordered regimentation of her Westernized schooling.
Academic text (1998) -
The Cleans endorsed modern technocratic civilization, heartily believing that human fulfillment was contingent on scientific growth and social regimentation.
Academic text (1995) -
The automobile radically altered travel by permitting people to control the timing and destination of their movements rather than submit to the regimentation of railroad schedules or traction company timetables.
Academic text (1998) -
The strict regimentation of the military requires soldiers to follow orders without question.
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Many students find the regimentation of school routines helpful for staying organized.
Synonyms
173
3.6
Training people to follow rules, often using punishment or strict control
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7.0
Very strict and unwilling to change rules or plans
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7.2
The quality of being very strict in rules or discipline that allows little freedom
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3.4
Being very firm about rules and making people follow them
1
7.9
A high level of strict control in rules or policies that leaves little freedom
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7.3
Limiting what people can do
Antonyms
How Strict
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Regimentation comes from regiment, which itself comes from the Latin regere meaning 'to rule'. So, regimentation is the act of putting people under strict rules or into a tight regiment, which is why it means strict order that limits personal freedom.