institutionalism
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.76 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Adherence to the established religion, or to established codes of conduct.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Institutionalism is brought about, in part, by a sense of learned helplessness, a belief that one has no control over one's environment."
- "Therefore, in addition to noting the similarities between the "new Nietzsche" and nonabsolutist institutionalism, we want to show briefly what, specifically, a reading of Nietzsche adds to the institutionalist treatment of values."
Etymology
Etymology tree English institutional Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English institutionalism From institutional + -ism.