self-discipline

English

Etymology

From self- +‎ discipline.

Noun

self-discipline (uncountable)

1. Control of oneself.

   Synonyms: self-command, self-control, self-mastery, self-regulation

   Antonym: undisciplinedness

   Hyponym: self-restraint

   Coordinate terms: self-awareness, self-criticism

   Near-synonym: willpower

   • 2022 January 1, Oliver Burkeman, “New year, same old you! The secret to self-improvement is embracing your messy, imperfect life”, in The Guardian‎:

     Personal reinventions fail partly for the obvious reasons: you set your goals too high; or your existing obligations at work or home get in the way; or you find (who could have imagined it?) that the unimpressive level of self-discipline you’ve demonstrated for your entire life until this moment can’t magically be tripled overnight.

Translations

control of oneself

Belarusian: самадысцыплі́на f (samadyscyplína) Catalan: autodisciplina f Chinese: Mandarin: 律己 (lǜjǐ), 自制 (zh) (zìzhì) Finnish: itsekuri (fi) French: autodiscipline (fr) f Galician: autodisciplina f Georgian: თვითდისციპლინა (tvitdisciṗlina) German: Selbstdisziplin (de) f Greek: αυτοπειθαρχία (el) f (aftopeitharchía) Hungarian: önfegyelem (hu) Irish: féin-araíonacht f Italian: autodisciplina f Japanese: 克己 (ja) (kokki) Latvian: pašdisciplīna f Polish: samodyscyplina f Portuguese: autodisciplina (pt) Russian: самодисципли́на (ru) f (samodisciplína) Spanish: autodisciplina (es) f Swedish: självdisciplin (sv) c Thai: การมีวินัยในตนเอง Ukrainian: самодисциплі́на (samodyscyplína)

See also

• self-doubt
• self-pity