Definition of "institutional" []

• Of or relating to an institution or institutions. (adjective)
• Organized as or forming an institution: institutional religion. (adjective)
• Characteristic or suggestive of an institution, especially in being uniform, dull, or unimaginative: institutional furniture; a pale institutional green. (adjective)
• Of or relating to the principles or institutes of a subject such as law. (adjective)

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• "But coincidences of this kind -- which permit imposition of exceptional harm on one group provided the primary purpose of the harm is making money -- are precisely what is meant by the term "institutional racism.""
• "Ten years since Macpherson published his devastating report about the failings of the Metropolitan police in the wake of the Stephen Lawrence murder, the term institutional racism has been officially laid to rest."
• "So they have dual personalities when they shoot at each other as a member of the MILF and the other as an Armed Forces of the Philippines, it becomes another layer, which we call an institutional war, Moya said."