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institutional

.insti'tju:ʃәnәl5 senses · 14 ms
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adj/ˌɪn.stɪˈtjuː.ʃə.nəl//ˌɪn.stɪˈtʃuː.ʃə.nəl//-ʃnəl/
  1. 1

    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.
  2. 2

    Instituted by authority.

    • institutional ruling
  3. 3

    Pertaining to the policies and practices of an institution, organization or government.

    • There must be an unequivocal acceptance of the problem of institutional racism and its nature before it can be addressed
  4. 4

    Elementary; rudimentary.

noun/ˌɪn.stɪˈtjuː.ʃə.nəl//ˌɪn.stɪˈtʃuː.ʃə.nəl//-ʃnəl/
  1. 1

    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.
    • 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.
  2. 2

    A Chilean senator who is appointed by the president for a term of eight years.

    • 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.
    • 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.
  3. 3

    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.
    • 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.
  4. 4

    An institutionalized person.

    • And I hope you can work it out where 'institutionals' can have rights too.
    • We have no groups that do not include ex-institutionals.
  5. 5

    A person whose sense of self is based on institutionalized values and standards, as opposed to their tastes and impulses.

    • For institutionals the self is revealed through adherence to a high standard, especially in spite of adverse conditions.
    • For the institutionals, hypocrisy consists of failing to live up to one's standards.

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