| NOUN | group | institution, establishment | an organization founded and united for a specific purpose |
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| artifact | institution | an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated | |
| cognition | institution | a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society | |
| act | institution, initiation, founding, foundation, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration | the act of starting something for the first time | |
| artifact | institution, mental hospital, psychiatric hospital, mental institution, mental home, insane asylum, asylum | a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person |
| Sounds | ih.nstihtuw'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | An establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated. | |
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| Narrower | home, nursing home, rest home | An institution where people are cared for |
| orphanage, orphans' asylum | A public institution for the care of orphans | |
| penal institution, penal facility | An institution where persons are confined for punishment and to protect the public | |
| Broader | establishment | A public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence |
| Spanish | institución | |
| Catalan | institució | |
| Adjectives | institutional | relating to or constituting / constituting or involving an institution |
| Meaning | A custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society. | |
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| Examples |
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| Narrower | levirate | The biblical institution whereby a man must marry the widow of his childless brother in order to maintain the brother's line |
| Broader | custom, tradition | A specific practice of long standing |
| Spanish | institución | |
| Meaning | The act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new. | |
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| Synonyms | initiation, founding, foundation, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration | |
| Narrower | authorship, paternity | The act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing |
| Broader | beginning, start, commencement | The act of starting something |
| Spanish | creación, fundación, iniciación, inicio, instauración, institución, introducción | |
| Catalan | creació, fundació, instauració, institució, introducció | |
| Verbs | institute | set up or lay the groundwork for |
| institutionalise | cause to be admitted | |
| Meaning | A hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person. | |
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| Synonyms | mental hospital, psychiatric hospital, mental institution, mental home, insane asylum, asylum | |
| Narrower | Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pit | pejorative terms for an insane asylum |
| Broader | hospital, infirmary | A health facility where patients receive treatment |
| Spanish | hospital psiquiátrico, manicomio, psiquiátrico, siquiátrico | |
| Catalan | hospital psiquiàtric, manicomi, psiquiàtric | |
| Adjectives | institutional | relating to or constituting / constituting or involving an institution |
| Verbs | institutionalize, institutionalise | cause to be admitted |
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