regimentation

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

/ ˌrɛdʒ ə mɛnˈteɪ ʃən, -mən- /

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noun

the act of regimenting or the state of being regimented.

the strict discipline and enforced uniformity characteristic of military groups or totalitarian systems.

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Origin of regimentation

First recorded in 1875–85; regiment + -ation

OTHER WORDS FROM regimentation

o·ver·reg·i·men·ta·tion, noun

Words nearby regimentation

regimen, regiment, regimental, regimentals, regimental sergeant major, regimentation, Regin, regina, Reginald, Regiomontanus, region

How to use regimentation in a sentence

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.
The Five Arrows|Allan Chase
The fears of a regimentation of opinion by an “official” journal and publishing house have proved groundless.
An American Religious Movement|Winfred Ernest Douglas
For mental health a man has to be assured of his free will, and over-regimentation is deadly in any society.
Sand Doom|William Fitzgerald Jenkins
Under all its mask of machinery and instruction, the German regimentation of the poor was the relapse of barbarians into slavery.
A Short History of England|G. K. Chesterton

Suppose we stop moralizing, suppose we reduce regimentation, suppose we begin to define our terms.
Philosophy and The Social Problem|Will Durant