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institutional

[ in-sti-too-shuh-nl, -tyoo- ]

adjective

  1. 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.

  2. of the nature of an established organization or institution:

    institutional bureaucracy.

  3. 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.

  4. characterized by the blandness, drabness, uniformity, and lack of individualized attention attributed to large institutions that serve many people:

    institutional food.

  5. (of advertising) having as the primary object the establishment of goodwill and a favorable reputation rather than the immediate sale of the product.
  6. relating to established principles or institutes, especially of jurisprudence.


institutional

/ ˌɪԲɪˈːʃəə /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of institutions
  2. dull, routine, and uniform

    institutional meals

  3. relating to principles or institutes, esp of law
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌԲپˈٳܳپDzԲ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·پ·ٳ·پDz·· adverb
  • ·پ-·پ·ٳ·پDz· adjective
  • an·ti-·پ·ٳ·پDz·· adverb
  • ·ٱ··پ·ٳ·پDz· adjective
  • in·ter··پ·ٳ·پDz·· adverb
  • ԴDz··پ·ٳ·پDz· adjective
  • non··پ·ٳ·پDz·· adverb
  • ܲ··پ·ٳ·پDz· adjective
  • un··پ·ٳ·پDz·· adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of institutional1

First recorded in 1610–20; institution + -al 1
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Unlike their right-wing counterparts, most political content creators on the center-left and left operate as independent freelancers, without institutional backing, full-time salaries, or basic benefits like healthcare.

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Savage added that this joy in the face of institutional indifference to our suffering, our dancing into the small hours of the night, was indispensable for establishing political force and pushback during the AIDs crisis.

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It took several days for Welby to resign after the report was published, at which point he accepted "personal and institutional responsibility".

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But days later, he said in a statement that he "must take personal and institutional responsibility" for his response to the scandal.

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"Whether you're an institutional investor, or you're a retail investor, right now you're trying to understand what is signal and what is noise. And there has been a lot of noise."

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