discipliner

Definition of disciplinernext

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for discipliner
Noun
  • Mitevska also refuses to sanctify Mother Teresa more than necessary, instead portraying her as a strict disciplinarian who believed in organizational practicality as much as in the inherent holiness of children.
    Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Considering his managers at Leeds included disciplinarians such as Wilkinson and George Graham, this was probably for the best.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 29 July 2025
Noun
  • Too much ink has been spilled on the pathological gilding of the Trump White House, but how to explain the attraction of today’s martinets to really dreadfully reproduced Louis Quatorze furniture?
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The September murder of the right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, who was close to many in the administration, including Miller, plunged Trump’s already single-minded martinet into a maximalist frenzy.
    Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Carter, at the time, was a stickler.
    Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Yes, some sticklers would insist that greatly should never stand between to and excel.
    Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Some of the movie is an acid satire of pre-wedding rituals — like the first dance that Charlie and Emma are dutifully rehearsing for, with a ridiculously stern taskmaster of a coach.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 31 Mar. 2026
  • What is the answer to that — an authoritarian taskmaster?
    Oliver Kay, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Khomeini was a leader of opposition to the shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, an authoritarian who wanted to modernize the country.
    The Week US, TheWeek, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Khamenei, 87, who had been in power for more than three decades, was viewed by critics as a repressive authoritarian responsible for the mass murder of thousands of protesters and other human rights abuses.
    Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 2 Mar. 2026
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“Discipliner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discipliner. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.

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