regimentation

[ rej-uh-men-tey-shuhn, -muhn- ]

noun

1. the act of regimenting or the state of being regimented.
2. the strict discipline and enforced uniformity characteristic of military groups or totalitarian systems.

Other Words From

• over·regi·men·tation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of regimentation¹

First recorded in 1875–85; regiment + -ation

Example Sentences

I couldn't take hospital regimentation, and some of the doctors were so anxious to sleep with me that they got me some snap jobs.

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The fears of a regimentation of opinion by an “official” journal and publishing house have proved groundless.

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For mental health a man has to be assured of his free will, and over-regimentation is deadly in any society.

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Under all its mask of machinery and instruction, the German regimentation of the poor was the relapse of barbarians into slavery.

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Suppose we stop moralizing, suppose we reduce regimentation, suppose we begin to define our terms.

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