disciplinatedadj.
/ˈdɪsᵻplᵻneɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈdɪsᵻpləˌneɪdᵻd/ rare.
Characterized by or subjected to discipline; esp. orderly; well-trained.
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society > authority > subjection > obedience > [adjective] > disciplined or trained
disciplinedc1384
ruleda1398
well-disciplineda1533
disciplinated1590
seasoneda1643
well-drilled1756
tight1968
1590 J. Smythe Certain Disc. Weapons f. 39 The best kinds of weapons in the handes of well disciplinated, obedient and exercised souldiers, is a principall part of a milicia.
1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam (new ed.) 41 I have..seen..such Epidemicall and lethall formality in other disciplinated Churches.
1892 Library 4 279 The military career being considered the best training for punctual and disciplinated service.
1994 Compar. Educ. Rev. 38 562 The chapter on Argentina..examines the way in which military dictatorship intervened in the educational system in order to adapt it to the government's perspective of an orderly and disciplinated society.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1590