institutional English · revision 10558

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1617|origins=en institution}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ˌɪn.stɪˈtʃuː.ʃən.əl/, /ˌɪn.stɪˈtjuː.ʃən.əl/, US /ˌɪn.stɪˈtuː.ʃən.əl/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[institution]] and [[-al]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Of, relating to or set up by institution: 1617 in the OED and Merriam-Webster, the 1610s in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Dealing with legal institutes or the elements of a subject is from 1765.^(OED 1989) Of an organized society or the building it works in is from 1882,^(OED 1989) and of religion organized through institutions from 1908.^(OED 1989) ''Institutional advertising'', which promotes a firm rather than a product, is from 1919.^(OED 1989) The sense dull and uniform, like an institution (''institutional food''), is a modern one.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1617 – of institution.^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1765 – of legal institutes.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1882 – of an organized society.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1919 – institutional advertising.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of or relating to an [[institution]] or institutions.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Organized as or forming an institution.^(AHD)

+ # Dull, uniform and unimaginative, as in an institution: ''institutional meals''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[institutionally]]

+ * [[institutionalism]]

+ * [[institutionalize]]

+ * [[noninstitutional]]

+ * [[interinstitutional]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[institution]]

+ * [[institute]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}