institutionalist
/ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃənəlɪst/adjective, noun
institutionalist is an adjective meaning “Of, pertaining to, or following institutionalism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled I-N-S-T-I-T-U-T-I-O-N-A-L-I-S-T and has 6 syllables, and it appears about once in every 46 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does institutionalist mean?
adjective
- 1
Of, pertaining to, or following institutionalism
noun
- 1
An adherent of institutionalism (in various senses)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce institutionalist?
- /ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃənəlɪst/
Institutionalist has 6 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of institutionalist
- more institutionalist comparative
- most institutionalist superlative
- institutionalists plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is institutionalist?
Institutionalist appears about once in every 46 million words in written English, the 209,386th 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).
Institutionalist in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense pertaining to, or following institutionalism:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | institutionnaliste |
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 institutionalist come from?
From institutional + -ist.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).