institutionalism
noun
institutionalism is a noun meaning “Adherence to the established religion, or to established codes of conduct” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled I-N-S-T-I-T-U-T-I-O-N-A-L-I-S-M, and it appears about once in every 17 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of institutionalism is institutionalisms.
What does institutionalism mean?
noun
- 1
Adherence to the established religion, or to established codes of conduct.
- 2
The use of public institutions in health care and social services.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of institutionalism
- institutionalisms plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is institutionalism?
Institutionalism appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Institutionalism in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense adherence to what is established:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | institutionnalisme |
| Spanish | institucionalismo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does institutionalism come from?
From institutional + -ism.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).