disciplinariannoun [ C ]
uk/ˌdɪs.ə.plɪˈneə.ri.ən/us/ˌdɪs.ə.plɪˈner.i.ən/someone who believes in keeping complete control of the people he or she is in charge of, especially by giving severe punishments:
a strict disciplinarian
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Severe
- an iron hand/fist in a velvet glove idiom
- austere
- authoritarian
- be heavy on sb idiom
- draconian
- flinty
- hard
- heavy
- iron
- rigour
- roundly
- rule sth with an iron hand/fist idiom
- severe
- severely
- sharp
- stern
- strict
- strictly
- strictness
- take a hard line on sb/sth idiom
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