Word Meanings - MARTINETISM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The principles or practices of a martinet; rigid adherence to discipline, etc.

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• MARTINETISM
  The principles or practices of a martinet; rigid adherence to discipline, etc.
• RIGID
  1. Firm; stiff; unyielding; not pliant; not flexible. Upright beams innumerable Of rigid spears. Milton. 2. Hence, not lax or indulgent; severe; inflexible; strict; as, a rigid father or master; rigid discipline; rigid criticism; a rigid sentence.
• RIGIDLY
  In a rigid manner; stiffly.
• DISCIPLINER
  One who disciplines.
• RIGIDITY
  1. The quality or state of being rigid; want of pliability; the quality of resisting change of from; the amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form; -- opposed to flexibility, ductility, malleability, and softness. 2. Stiffness
• RIGIDULOUS
  Somewhat rigid or stiff; as, a rigidulous bristle.
• MARTINETA
  A species of tinamou , having a long slender crest.
• DISCIPLINE
  The enforcement of methods of correction against one guilty of ecclesiastical offenses; reformatory or penal action toward a church member. (more info) 1. The treatment suited to a disciple or learner; education; development of the faculties by
• RIGIDNESS
  The quality or state of being rigid.
• MARTINET
  In military language, a strict disciplinarian; in general, one who lays stress on a rigid adherence to the details of discipline, or
• ADHERENCE
  1. The quality or state of adhering. 2. The state of being fixed in attachment; fidelity; steady attachment; adhesion; as, adherence to a party or to opinions. Syn. -- Adherence, Adhesion. These words, which were once freely interchanged, are now
• SELF-DISCIPLINE
  Correction or government of one's self for the sake of improvement.
• INFRIGIDATE
  To chill; to make cold; to cool. Boyle.
• FRIGIDARIUM
  The cooling room of the Roman thermæ, furnished with a cold bath.
• SUBRIGID
  Somewhat rigid or stiff.
• FRIGIDITY
  1. The condition or quality of being frigid; coldness; want of warmth. Ice is water congealed by the frigidity of the air. Sir T. Browne. 2. Want of ardor, animation, vivacity, etc.; coldness of affection or of manner; dullness; stiffness
• FRIGIDNESS
  The state of being frigid; want of heat, vigor, or affection; coldness; dullness.
• INFRIGIDATION
  The act of chilling or causing to become cold; a chilling; coldness; congelation. Boyle.
• OVERRIGID
  Too rigid; too severe.
• FRIGIDLY
  In a frigid manner; coldly; dully; without affection.
• INDISCIPLINE
  Want of discipline or instruction.