institutional

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

• 🇪🇸Relativo a una institución, especialmente a una organización grande o a un sistema establecido; que forma parte de las estructuras o prácticas oficiales de dicha entidad.

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.

   🇪🇸institucional

   Sinónimos: administrativebureaucraticcorporateorganizationalsystematic

   Antónimos: 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.

   🇪🇸institucional

   Sinónimos: bureaucraticconventionalestablishedformalofficialorganizedorthodoxproceduralstructuredsystematic

   Antónimos: 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.

   🇪🇸institucional (impersonal, a gran escala)

   Sinónimos: anonymousbureaucraticcoldcorporatefacelessformalimpersonalorganizational

   Antónimos: humanindividualinformalintimatepersonalsmall-scale

• more institutional comparative form
• most institutional superlative form