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
authoritarian
vsobediential
58
7.5
Expecting people to follow orders and allowing little freedom
tends to make people comply without necessarily limiting personal freedom
commanding
vsobediential
8
4.1
Having a strong presence that makes people pay attention
focuses on producing or enforcing obedience rather than just creating attention
How Controlling
oppressive
43
6.3
43
6.3
coercive
26
7.6
- Offensive
26
7.6
obediential
- Formal
disciplinary
71
6.1
- Formal
71
6.1
persuasive
99
3.9
99
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.