institutional

Relating to an institution, especially a large organization or established system.

• 🇩🇪Sich auf eine Institution beziehend, besonders auf eine größere Organisation oder ein festgelegtes System; auch im Sinne von offiziell, organisiert oder einrichtungsspezifisch.

1. Relating to an organization B2 formal

   Relating to or characteristic of an institution, especially a large, established organization.

   • The hospital has strict institutional policies.
   • Institutional investors control a large portion of the stock market.
   • The university's institutional culture is very traditional.

   🇩🇪institutionell

   Synonyme: administrativebureaucraticcorporateorganizationalsystematic

   Antonyme: informalunorganized

2. Established and formal B2 formal

   Established as part of a system or organization, often with a formal or bureaucratic nature.

   • Institutional racism is a systemic problem in many societies.
   • The government provides institutional support for small businesses.
   • Institutional memory is lost when key employees leave.

   🇩🇪Etabliert und formell

   Synonyme: bureaucraticconventionalestablishedformalofficialorganizedorthodoxproceduralstructuredsystematic

   Antonyme: casualindividualinformalpersonalprivate

3. Large-scale and impersonal C1 formal

   Having the characteristics of a large, impersonal organization, often lacking personal touch.

   • The food in the cafeteria had an institutional taste.
   • The building's design was cold and institutional.
   • He felt lost in the institutional bureaucracy of the university.

   🇩🇪Anonym und unpersönlich

   Synonyme: anonymousbureaucraticcoldcorporatefacelessformalimpersonalorganizational

   Antonyme: humanindividualinformalintimatepersonalsmall-scale

• more institutional comparative form
• most institutional superlative form