institutional

Academic Word List, sublist 2.

About 22.72 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or organized along the lines of an institution.
2. adjective Instituted by authority.

   institutional ruling

3. adjective Pertaining to the policies and practices of an institution, organization or government.
4. adjective Elementary; rudimentary.
5. noun A client that is an organization rather than an individual.
6. noun A Chilean senator who is appointed by the president for a term of eight years.
7. noun A community where the majority of inhabitants work at an institution (as opposed to industry or trade), or one such inhabitant.
8. noun An institutionalized person.

Similar words

institutionalized uninteresting institutionalization establishment organizational official governance corporate organization organisational

Often followed by

and arrangements framework investors change structure structures care changes development

Word family

insecure insecurities insecurity institute instituted institutes instituting institution institutionalise institutionalised