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institutional
[ in-sti-too-shuh-nl, -tyoo- ]
adjective
- of or relating to organized establishments, foundations, societies, or the like, or to the buildings they occupy:
The association offers an institutional membership discount to members of affiliated groups.
- of the nature of an established organization or institution:
institutional bureaucracy.
- relating to or noting a policy, practice, or belief system that has been established as normative or customary throughout an institution or society, particularly as perpetuated in institutions of a public character, as schools, courts, or legislative bodies: institutional sexism in academia;
institutional racism in the criminal justice system;
institutional sexism in academia;
institutional prejudice against members of the gay community.
- characterized by the blandness, drabness, uniformity, and lack of individualized attention attributed to large institutions that serve many people:
institutional food.
- (of advertising) having as the primary object the establishment of goodwill and a favorable reputation rather than the immediate sale of the product.
- relating to established principles or institutes, especially of jurisprudence.
institutional
/ ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃənəl /
adjective
- of, relating to, or characteristic of institutions
- dull, routine, and uniform
institutional meals
- relating to principles or institutes, esp of law
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Derived Forms
- ˌinstiˈtutionally, adverb
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Other Words From
- in·sti·tu·tion·al·ly adverb
- an·ti-in·sti·tu·tion·al adjective
- an·ti-in·sti·tu·tion·al·ly adverb
- in·ter·in·sti·tu·tion·al adjective
- in·ter·in·sti·tu·tion·al·ly adverb
- non·in·sti·tu·tion·al adjective
- non·in·sti·tu·tion·al·ly adverb
- un·in·sti·tu·tion·al adjective
- un·in·sti·tu·tion·al·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of institutional1
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Example Sentences
For them, the trauma of assault can be compounded by a lack of institutional support, and even disciplinary action.
You might think that the reason Medicaid does not require coverage of HCBS is because institutional care is cheaper.
Poverty, alienation, estrangement, continuously aggravated by racism, overt and institutional.
The upshot is to immerse oneself in a crash course on institutional racism and police brutality.
The waiting room is ill-kempt, but inside its institutional blue and white walls, there is a surprising sense of tranquility.
The alley is well paved and clean, and lined chiefly with the backs of sedate and institutional-looking buildings.
Poor as we found the village on the material side, it has nevertheless some interesting institutional features.
And a world state and universal justice does not mean the imprisonment of our race in any bleak institutional orderliness.
The singers were, of course, hide-bound to the awful translations that were institutional and to them inevitable.
But the institutional part of that meal was over before the cup was distributed, and the repetition of the act enjoined.
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