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pseudo-discipline

noun

Etymology

From pseudo- + discipline.

  1. derived from *dek-✻
  2. derived from disciplina
  3. derived from descipline
  4. prefixed as pseudo-discipline — “pseudo + discipline”

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of pseudodiscipline (area of study that has a limited resemblance to…

    Alternative spelling of pseudodiscipline (area of study that has a limited resemblance to an academic discipline)

    • Project Cycle Management with its methodological frills had now become another jargon-studded pseudo-discipline which could only be mastered after extensive training.

  2. A false or ineffective imposition of punishment to maintain control.

    • But all this is not worthy of the name of discipline; it is pseudo-discipline as we shall see.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA