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institutional
(in|sti|tu¦tion¦al)
Pronunciation:
/ɪnstɪˈtjuːʃ(ə)n(ə)l/
adjective
1
of, in, or like an institution or institutions:
institutional care
an institutional investor
(especially of surroundings) impersonal and unappealing:
the rooms are rather drab and institutional
expressed through or organized in the form of institutions:
institutional religion
2
(of advertising) intended to create prestige rather than immediate sales.
Derivatives
institutionalism
noun
institutionally
adverb
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