regimentation
noun
regimentation is a noun meaning “The act of regimenting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-E-G-I-M-E-N-T-A-T-I-O-N and has 5 syllables, and it appears about once in every 18 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of regimentation is regimentations.
What does regimentation mean?
noun
- 1
The act of regimenting.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce regimentation?
Regimentation has 5 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of regimentation
- regimentations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is regimentation?
Regimentation appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 127,184th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Regimentation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the act of building a social group, enforced by social rules:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | regimentación, reglamentación |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does regimentation come from?
From regiment + -ation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).