regimentation

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

reg·i·men·ta·tion

[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.

Origin:
1875–85; regiment + -ation

o·ver·reg·i·men·ta·tion, noun
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Regimentation has a plethora of syllables.
So is antidisestablishmentarianism. Does it mean:
opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
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regiment
 
n
1.  a military formation varying in size from a battalion to a number of battalions
2.  a large number in regular or organized groups: regiments of beer bottles
 
vb
3.  to force discipline or order on, esp in a domineering manner
4.  to organize into a regiment or regiments
5.  to form into organized groups
6.  to assign to a regiment
 
[C14: via Old French from Late Latin regimentum government, from Latin regere to rule]
 
regi'mental
 
adj
 
regi'mentally
 
adv
 
regimen'tation
 
n

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