the establishment

noun

: the part of a particular group that has power or control

His novels were disliked by the literary establishment.

the medical establishment

Examples of the establishment in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Rancho libertarians, like their Scotch-Irish cousins from another mother, are forever skeptical of government, respect insurgents who want to take on the establishment, love their people and subscribe to a bootstraps approach to life. — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

This was the first official visit to Canada by a general secretary of the communist party of Vietnam after the establishment of formal diplomatic relations between the two countries back in 1973. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026

In place of a liquor shelf (the establishment sells only beer and cider), there’s a turntable and a library of vinyl—this evening’s up-tempo jazz struggled to compete with the din of a full house. — Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2026

But the Windsors shocked the establishment by enrolling George at Thomas’s Battersea, a co-ed institution with a large campus on the south side of the Thames. — Ashley Baker, Vanity Fair, 22 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for the establishment

• disestablishment
• reestablishment