intellectual discipline
collocation in Englishmeaningsofintellectualanddiscipline
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intellectual
adjective
uk/ˌɪn.təlˈek.tʃu.əl/us/ˌɪn.t̬əlˈek.tʃu.əl/
relating to your ability to think and understand things, especially ...
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discipline
noun
uk/ˈdɪs.ə.plɪn/us/ˈdɪs.ə.plɪn/
training that makes people more willing to obey or more able to control themselves, often in the form of rules, and punishments if these are broken, or the behaviour produced by ...
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(Definition ofintellectualanddisciplinefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The fact that the theoretical debate has moved to a meta level, implies that archaeology is developing into anintellectualdiscipline.
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It showed no understanding of the integrity of history as anintellectualdisciplinebased on commonly accepted standards of evidence.
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No single book, however, can analyze every contextual or cultural aspect of anintellectualdiscipline.
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Philosophy is an importantintellectualdisciplinein its own right.
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That in itself might be a usefulintellectualdisciplineon the public authorities.
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There they were submitted tointellectualdisciplineof this sort.
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There is a moral training, anintellectualdisciplineinherent in academic life, just as there is in the nursing profession.
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They require considerable mathematical skill, intenseintellectualdisciplineand a great deal of very hard work.
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I have a firm conviction that some kind of regularintellectualdisciplinewould have a very salutary effect in steadying adolescents, both mentally and morally.
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I hope that it will, but damage could be done, because wisdom and knowledge come throughintellectualdiscipline, and mere self-expression is not enough.
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The literal and auditory experience requiresintellectualdisciplineso that one can understand it.
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Here we have a distinguished economist eschewing the economy and economics (which is anintellectualdisciplinerequiring rigour of analysis) and transferring his affections to social cohesion.
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The seeking of private money and sponsorship not merely tops up the amount available but gives anintellectualdisciplineto make what is produced better, more germane and more productive.
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I understand very well the widespread interest in this subject, but it is an enormously difficult area to bring under any kind of reasonableintellectualdiscipline.
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Even if the learning of a language is anintellectualdisciplinerather than a necessity for communication, it stretches the intellect and helps people to learn other subjects.
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It provides lavishly the frills and social graces of education and tends to neglect the hard work which is part of anyintellectualdisciplineand moral discipline.
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This gave him the opportunity to express his missionary-like belief in the study of history as anintellectualdiscipline.
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He considered rhetoric to be the centralintellectualdiscipline, slighting other aspects of the philosophical tradition.
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He remphasized that the peaceful arts, letters, and history were essential to theintellectualdisciplineof the samurai.
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Political stimulants were complemented by dynamism within intellectual disciplines.
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