institutionalist
Americannoun
adjective
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“That’s a fair point,” he says, but he insists he isn’t an institutionalist.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026
He charmed the Senate and then the Supreme Court media with this modest, midwestern institutionalist act.
From Salon • Jan. 4, 2025
The institutionalist in him knows that, under the Constitution, the Senate’s power to confirm nominees is equal to a president’s in naming them.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2024
Say you’re John Roberts; you’re the institutionalist guy.
From Slate • May 28, 2024
For the institutionalist, happenings in time have a meaning and importance far greater than the mystic is willing to allow to them.
From Outspoken Essays by Inge, William Ralph
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