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instiˈtutionalism [f. prec. + -ism.] The system of institutions; spec., (a) the principles of institutional religion; (b) the system of housing people in institutions; the characteristics of life in an institution; attachment to such a system.
1862Spectator 29 Mar., The natural reaction which the too cautious, too sober, too pious institutionalism of Oxford has excited in healthy minds. 1886Chicago Advance 25 Feb. 114 Institutionalism engenders helplessness by rewarding it. 1907Daily Chron. 17 Oct. 8/4 There is nothing of ‘institutionalism’ about life at the Browning Bethany Homes. 1909G. Tyrrell Christianity at Cross Roads Pref. p. xx, The time has come..for a criticism of categories—of the very ideas of religion, of revelation, of institutionalism, of sacramentalism, of theology, of authority, etc. 1909Daily Chron. 28 Oct. 5/3 The great impediment to success in the work of saving fallen women was the machinery of institutionalism. 1927Observer 21 Aug. 7 The Society has set its face against any tendencies towards ‘institutionalism’, against any attempt..to take children away from their own homes. 1930W. R. Inge Christian Ethics & Mod. Probl. i. 16 The unquestionable advantages which this fanatical institutionalism confers upon the Church as an organisation. 1958Times Lit. Suppl. 19 Sept. 531/1 Institutionalism is usually followed by repeated further stays in institutions. |