Definition of "institutional" in English

adjective

1. Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or organized along the lines of an institution.

2. Instituted by authority.

   • institutional ruling

3. Elementary; rudimentary.

4. Arising from the practice of an institution.

   • There must be an unequivocal acceptance of the problem of institutional racism and its nature before it can be addressed

noun

1. A client that is an organization rather than an individual.

2. (politics) A Chilean senator who is appointed by the president for a term of eight years.

3. A community where the majority of inhabitants work at an institution (as opposed to industry or trade), or one such inhabitant.

4. An institutionalized person.

5. (sociology) A person whose sense of self is based on institutionalized values and standards, as opposed to their tastes and impulses.