institutional
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 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.
Origin of institutional
1Other words from institutional
- 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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How to use institutional in a sentence
Inclusion would be “important institutionally speaking,” Ives recently told Fortune, as institutional investors have shown increasing interest in the stock in recent months, he says.
Tesla’s largest outside shareholder sold at a very good time | Anne Sraders | September 4, 2020 | FortuneInclusion would be “important institutionally-speaking,” Ives says, as he notes institutional interest in the stock has grown in recent months, and he believes inclusion is now a “matter of when, not if.”
Tesla bulls dig in their hooves after company’s $5 billion capital raise announcement | Anne Sraders | September 1, 2020 | FortuneMutual funds with women behind them post stronger results in 2020, Iowa is a coronavirus hotspot, and institutional investors can wield their power to diversify venture capital funding.
Institutional investors must take action on diversity in venture capital | ehinchliffe | August 31, 2020 | FortuneIn this Harvard Business Review piece, former CEO of Catalyst Ilene Lang and Carlyle Group chief transformation officer Reggie Van Lee argue that institutional investors have an important role to play in the future of the venture landscape.
Institutional investors must take action on diversity in venture capital | ehinchliffe | August 31, 2020 | FortuneIt’s really important to be antiracist if you’re going to work against the 400 years of institutional history that has produced our current reality.
For them, the trauma of assault can be compounded by a lack of institutional support, and even disciplinary action.
Jameis Winston Cleared of Rape Like Every Other College Sports Star | Robert Silverman | December 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTYou might think that the reason Medicaid does not require coverage of HCBS is because institutional care is cheaper.
Medicaid Will Give You Money for At-Home Care, but You Might Wait Years | Elizabeth Picciuto | December 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPoverty, alienation, estrangement, continuously aggravated by racism, overt and institutional.
‘Why Have I Lost Control?’: Cory Booker in ’92 on Rodney King Echoes Ferguson | Cory Booker | November 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe 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.
Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4) | VariousPoor as we found the village on the material side, it has nevertheless some interesting institutional features.
The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon From Ifugao to Kalinga | Cornelis De Witt WillcoxAnd a world state and universal justice does not mean the imprisonment of our race in any bleak institutional orderliness.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind | Herbert George WellsThe singers were, of course, hide-bound to the awful translations that were institutional and to them inevitable.
Memoirs of an American Prima Donna | Clara Louise KelloggBut the institutional part of that meal was over before the cup was distributed, and the repetition of the act enjoined.
Studies of Christianity | James Martineau
British Dictionary definitions for institutional
/ (ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃənəl) /
of, relating to, or characteristic of institutions
dull, routine, and uniform: institutional meals
relating to principles or institutes, esp of law
Derived forms of institutional
- institutionally, adverb
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