institutionality
- noun
- /ˌɪnstɪˈtuːʃənˌæləti/
- Formal
- The institutionality of the university ensures that all policies are upheld and maintained for the benefit of students.
Examples
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In response to the move to impeach three of its members, the Supreme Court formally requested that the National Security Council meet to discuss a "grave threat to institutionality."
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But they have to confront a dictatorial regime, with all the trappings of democratic institutionality, supported by the United States and by the media circus owned by the elite.
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O'Donnell breaks with the "theology" of democratic consolidation by pointing out a gap between the norms of democratic institutionality and the practices of social actors.
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Galvez (1995) and others use the concept of governability in a similar manner; that is, beyond formal institutionality, to refer more broadly to the relation between the state and civil society, particularly in meeting popular expectations.
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In holding to art's institutionality and its categories, Reinhardt sets out a scene that resists art's mystification, and he preserves the possibility of recognizing its contradictions.
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The elites that control non-renewable natural resources at the national level (notably the interest groups linked to oil and mining) have developed an articulated network and an institutionality around the extractive industry that involves clientelism, corruption, and state.
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Good governance depends on the institutionality of laws that provide stability and fairness in society.
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The country's institutionality is evident in its ability to adapt and respond to changes while maintaining its core values.
How Institutional
Surface Forms
Morphology
institutionality = institutional (transparent) = institution + al + ity
Standard nominalization from the adjective 'institutional' using '-ity' to indicate the quality or state of being institutional.
Etymology
Institutionality comes from institution ('an established organization') and the ending -ality ('state or quality'), and it shares the same root as institute. So institutionality means the 'state of being an institution', which is why we use it for something that has the formal rules or traditions of an organization.