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Expressed through or organized in the form of institutions
“They shifted from an institutional establishment to a moral establishment, one that placed significant limits on religious freedom.”
Following the rules or stages of an organized system
“This means that the translating back of institutional rules into a particular power constellation is not straightforward but more complicated.”
Routine or monotonous in nature
“In some regions, this ideology is an institutional way of life that permeates the daily relations between individuals.”
Drab or dull, especially in an impersonal way
“Jim walked warily into the drab institutional room, nodding to the inhabitant.”
Gloomy and uninviting in nature or appearance
“There is something gloomy and institutional about it, a feeling that is exacerbated by the plethora of pleasantly menacing signs dedicated to keeping you out of places where you're not supposed to go.”
Of or relating to a college or its students
Deliberately plain in design or appearance due to an emphasis on function
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