disciplinarity

noun

dis·​ci·​plin·​ar·​i·​ty ˌdi-sə-plə-ˈner-ə-tē 

: the state or status of being an established and distinct discipline or field of study

Climate change is fomenting a new round of debate about our object, purpose, and place in the university—that is, about geography's very disciplinarity.

—Joel Wainwright, Annals of the Association of American Geographers, October 2010

Word History

First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined above

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Rhymes for disciplinarity

• irregularity
• peculiarity
• subsidiarity
• unfamiliarity
• unpopularity
• alterity
• asperity
• austerity
• celerity
• dexterity
• disparity
• hilarity