institutional

adjective

in·​sti·​tu·​tion·​al ˌin(t)-stə-ˈt(y)ü-sh(ə-)nəl 

1

: of or relating to an institution

institutional knowledge

2

: characteristic of or appropriate to institutions

bland institutional cooking

institutional green walls

institutionally adverb

Examples of institutional in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Donors propped up a clutter of interest groups with their own agendas, starving the institutional Party organization whose only objective should be to win elections. — Isaac Arnsdorf, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026

Who’s dismantling institutional conventions faster than those towers fell — and replacing them with his largely self-serving own. — Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026

The vote demonstrated that cryptocurrency regulation cannot be separated from questions of political integrity, institutional authority and public confidence. — Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2026

The question now is who can turn that economic power into durable institutional power. — Chris Corr, Sportico.com, 17 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1617, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing institutional

• anti-institutional
• institutional racism
• inter-institutional
• multi-institutional

Rhymes for institutional

• attributional
• constitutional
• convolutional
• distributional
• involutional
• substitutional
• interinstitutional
• noninstitutional
• unconstitutional