institutional

/ˌɪn.stɪˈtjuː.ʃə.nəl//ˌɪn.stɪˈtju.ʃə.nəl/

institutional adjective: of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or organized along the lines of an institution.

Adjective

institutional (comparative more institutional, superlative most institutional)

Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or organized along the lines of an institution.
- Swindon's Model Lodging House was originally designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The 1847-1849 recession led to delays and plan revisions, including smaller windows in the finished structure, resulting in a more 'institutional' appearance.2022 September 7, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Railway towns and a social revolution”, in RAIL, number 965, page 55, photo caption
- The main concerns for young Indonesians are quality of life, corruption, institutional integrity and the environment, including air pollution, said Abigail Limuria, co-founder of Bijak Memilih, an independent, youth-led movement providing information on political parties, issues and candidates to...2024 February 11, Rachel Wilson and Rosa de Acosta, “How Indonesia’s future is in the hands of young voters, in 5 charts”, in CNN
Instituted by authority.
- institutional ruling
Elementary; rudimentary.
Arising from the practice of an institution.
- There must be an unequivocal acceptance of the problem of institutional racism and its nature before it can be addressed1999, William MacPherson, The Stephen Lawrence Inquiry, Cm 4262-I, para 6.48

Noun

institutional (plural institutionals)

A client that is an organization rather than an individual.
- Few public relations people have learned to communicate effectively with the funds, meet their needs, and maintain a balance between institutionals and individual round lot holders.1968, The Public Relations Journal - Volume 24, page 3
- At a later stage one could imagine some institutionals occasionally or even systematically engaging in law suits against companies or their directors to influence the company's conduct.1999, E. Wymeersch, Shareholder Voting Rights and Practices in Europe and the United States, page 51
A Chilean senator who is appointed by the president for a term of eight years.
- The institutionals include four former senior military commanders, one from each of the four branches of the armed forces, selected by the National security Council (Cosena); two former Supreme Court judges and one former comptroller-general, selected by the Supreme Court; and one former interior...2000, Country Forecast: Chile, page 6
- The time series is very short for the post-1998 transition in the Senate, but if the few votes are indicative, they show that at least a few of the institutionals are much more willing to join legislative majorities than before.2003, Scott Morgenstern, Patterns of Legislative Politics, page 166
A community where the majority of inhabitants work at an institution (as opposed to industry or trade), or one such inhabitant.
- In any time period, Marketing Centers and Institutionals will have a higher per capita index of airline passengers than either Industrial or Balanced communities.1948, United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration, Airport Planning: Economic character of communities, page 13
- The "marketing" centers consisted of the metropolitan districts that were above average in wholesale sales but low in industrial employment. The "institutionals" were low in both trade and industrial employment.1953, Chester Rapkin, Housing Market Analysis: A Study of Theory and Methods, page 61
An institutionalized person.
- And I hope you can work it out where 'institutionals' can have rights too.1977, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons, page 100
- We have no groups that do not include ex-institutionals.1981, Bella Jacobs, Working with the At-risk Older Person: A Resource Manual, page 42
A person whose sense of self is based on institutionalized values and standards, as opposed to their tastes and impulses.
- If vocational counseling to help the individual find his peculiar niche has elements of the impulse conception of self, the idea that a person can make of himself what he will, that one chooses a task and then works at it, is the view of institutionals.1981, Gregory Prentice Stone, Harvey A. Farberman, Social Psychology Through Symbolic Interaction, page 206
- For institutionals the self is revealed through adherence to a high standard, especially in spite of adverse conditions.1988, Michael R. Wood, Louis A. Zurcher Jr., The Development of a Postmodern Self, page 22

institutional meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

institutional in Hindi

of pertaining to or characteristic of an institution: संस्थागत sansthāgat
instituted by authority: संस्थागत sansthāgat

institutional in Tamil

நிறுவன ரீதியான, நிறுவன ரீதியானது

institutional in Marathi

संस्थात्मक

institutional in Urdu

institutional: ادارتی idārati, اداری idāri
institutional, systematic: اصولی usolī

More languagesFewer languages

institutional in Bengali: প্রাতিষ্ঠানিক, প্রথাগত
institutional in Telugu: సంస్థాగత
institutional in Malayalam: സ്ഥാപനപരമായ, സ്ഥാപനസംബന്ധിയായ, പ്രമാണപര, വ്യവസ്ഥാപിതം
institutional in Kannada: ಸಾಂಸ್ಥಿಕ, ಸಾಂಸ್ಥಿಕವಾಗಿ
institutional in Punjabi: ਸੰਸਥਾਗਤ
institutional in Gujarati: સંસ્થાકીય
institutional in Odia: ଅନୁଷ୍ଠାନିକ, ସଂସ୍ଥାଗତ
institutional in Nepali: संस्थागत, संस्थात्मक

Examples of institutional in a sentence

Institutionals, especially also foreign institutionals have increased their holdings in the Belgian companies, with some effect on governance techniques.2015, Klaus J. Hopt, Eddy Wymeersch, Comparative Corporate Governance: Essays and Materials, page 69:
While the "institutionals" certainly have not voted as a bloc with the Right in all situations, in general terms they have been a reliable ally for this sector.2010, Peter M. Siavelis, President and Congress in Postauthoritarian Chile, page 40:
The first group, the so-called "institutionals," represents the poorest and most desperate women living in or near the urban centers.2016, Judith Walzer Leavitt, Brought to Bed: Childbearing in America, 1750-1950, page 74:
For the institutionals, hypocrisy consists of failing to live up to one's standards.1999, Roy F. Baumeister, The Self in Social Psychology:

All 40 example sentences with institutional

Forms of institutional

Adjective
comparative	more institutional
superlative	most institutional
Noun
plural	institutionals

Origin of institutional

From institution + -al.

Phrases with institutional

Questions about institutional

What does institutional mean?: Institutional means of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or organized along the lines of an institution.
What is institutional in Hindi?: Institutional in Hindi is संस्थागत (sansthāgat). See Institutional meaning in Hindi.
How do you use institutional in a sentence?: Institutionals, especially also foreign institutionals have increased their holdings in the Belgian companies, with some effect on governance techniques.
What part of speech is institutional?: Institutional can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce institutional?: Institutional is pronounced /ˌɪn.stɪˈtjuː.ʃə.nəl/ (UK).

Words near institutional in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: institutional (page history and authors); institutional (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); institutional (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ادارتی (Urdu) (page history and authors); Institutional (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); institutional (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); institutional (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); institutional (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); institutional (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); institutional (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); institutional (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); institutional (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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