Word Study
institutional
CIDE DICTIONARY
institutional, a.
- Pertaining to, or treating of, an institution or institutions; as, institutional legends. [1913 Webster]"Institutional writers as Rousseau." [1913 Webster]
- Instituted by authority. [1913 Webster]
- Elementary; rudimental. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
institutional, adj.
1 of or like an institution.
2 typical of institutions, esp. in being regimented or unimaginative (the food was dreadfully institutional).
3 (of religion) expressed or organized through institutions (churches etc.).
4 US (of advertising) intended to create prestige rather than immediate sales.
1 of or like an institution.
2 typical of institutions, esp. in being regimented or unimaginative (the food was dreadfully institutional).
3 (of religion) expressed or organized through institutions (churches etc.).
4 US (of advertising) intended to create prestige rather than immediate sales.
Derivative
institutionalism n. institutionally adv.
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