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Definition of institutional adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

institutional

adjective
 
 
/ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃənl/
 
/ˌɪnstɪˈtuːʃənl/
[usually before noun]
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  1.  
    connected with a large important organization, for example a university or bank
    • institutional investors
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryInstitutional is used with these nouns:
    • bargaining
    • barrier
    • care
    • …
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  2.  
    (sometimes disapproving) in or like a place where people are sent to live and be cared for, for example a hospital, prison or special school
    • institutional care
    • The hotel rooms are rather drab and institutional.
  3.  
    (usually disapproving) established as part of the normal systems, practices, etc. of an organization, society or culture
    • institutional racism
See institutional in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee institutional in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
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