institutional memory
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.94 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
7
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A collective set of facts, concepts, experiences and knowledge held by a group of people inside an organization.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Institutional memory refers to the notion that institutions have founding aims, ideology, an official history and practices, which are remembered and passed on within the institution. Founders and other important people in the history of an institution are commemorated in various ways, such as naming a building or a fund after the person."
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Synonyms
organizational memory
institutional knowledge