regimentation

regimentation
(Roget's IV) n.
Syn. discipline, strict discipline, strictness, rigidity, standardization, methodization, regulation, uniformity, massing, collectivization, organization, planned economy, arrangement, mechanization, institutionalization, classification, division, lining up, adjustment, harmonization, grouping, ordering, overorganization, tight ship*; see also command 2 , discipline 2 , regulation 1 , restraint 2 .

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