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regimentation

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reg⋅i⋅men⋅ta⋅tion

  [rej-uh-men-tey-shuhn, -muhn-]
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–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
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reg·i·ment   (rěj'ə-mənt)   
n.  

  1. A military unit of ground troops consisting of at least two battalions, usually commanded by a colonel.

  2. A large group of people.

tr.v.   (rěj'ə-měnt') reg·i·ment·ed, reg·i·ment·ing, reg·i·ments

  1. To form into a regiment.

  2. To put into systematic order; systematize.

  3. To subject to uniformity and rigid order.


[Middle English, government, rule, from Old French, from Late Latin regimentum, rule, from Latin regere, to rule; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]
reg'i·men'tal (-měn'tl) adj., reg'i·men'tal·ly adv., reg'i·men·ta'tion n.
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