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establishment

[ ih-stab-lish-muhnt ]

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noun

the act or an instance of establishing.
the state or fact of being established.
something established; a constituted order or system.
Often the Establishment.
1. the existing power structure in society; the dominant groups in society and their customs or institutions; institutional authority:
  The Establishment believes exploring outer space is worth any tax money spent.
2. the dominant group in a field of endeavor, organization, etc.:
  the literary Establishment.
a household; place of residence including its furnishings, grounds, etc.
a place of business together with its employees, merchandise, equipment, etc.
a permanent civil, military, or other force or organization.
an institution, as a school, hospital, etc.
the recognition by a state of a church as the state church.
the church so recognized, especially the Church of England.
Archaic. a fixed or settled income.

establishment

/ ɪˈstæblɪʃmənt /

the act of establishing or state of being established
1. a business organization or other large institution
2. the place where a business is carried on
the staff and equipment of a commercial or other organization
the approved size, composition, and equipment of a military unit, government department, business division, etc, as formally promulgated
any large organization, institution, or system
a household or place of residence
a body of employees or servants
modifier belonging to or characteristic of the Establishment; orthodox or conservative
the establishment view of history

Establishment

/ ɪˈstæblɪʃmənt /

the Establishment
a group or class of people having institutional authority within a society, esp those who control the civil service, the government, the armed forces, and the Church: usually identified with a conservative outlook

First recorded in 1475–85, and in 1920–25 establishment fordef 4a; establish + -ment

Satirists occupy a perilous position—to skewer dogma and cant, and to antagonize the establishment while needing its protection.

Satirists are reliant ultimately on the very establishment they mock.

Two factors made Hiram Revels especially interesting to the Washington establishment.

Ironically, the play deals with the ‘management’ of information by the Establishment.

Before his writing days, London used the Oakland establishment to conduct his studies.

Mrs. Wurzel was quite right; they had been supplied, regardless of cost, from Messrs. Rochet and Stole's well-known establishment.

We had half a dozen passengers to Ferrara; for the rest of the way, I had this extensive traveling establishment to myself.

On the establishment of the Empire Berthier, like many another, received the reward for his faithfulness to Napoleon.

If schooling is a training in expression and communication, college is essentially the establishment of broad convictions.

Orlean had secured a position in a ladies' tailoring establishment at five dollars and fifty cents a week, and there he went.

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