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

The nurses expressed their concern that moving burn care away from BWH risks diminishing institutional knowledge at the hospital, noting that consolidation is being driven by system-level decisions rather than by patient need. —MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025

The governments of Michel Temer (2016–18) and Jair Bolsonaro (2019–23), the far-right icon, accelerated the institutional collapse. —Caio Delcolli, IndieWire, 26 Nov. 2025

And banks have started to tokenize, or put in blockchain wrappers, money-market funds, which investors see as a stepping stone to larger institutional participation in decentralized finance. —Carlos Garcia, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2025

Microdramas are moving into a new phase of global expansion, industry leaders said at the WAVES Film Bazaar, pointing to evolving genres, rising male viewership, institutional support in Europe and surging demand across India and Latin America. —Udita Jhunjhunwala, Variety, 25 Nov. 2025

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