institution

Synonyms

• establishmentthe act of forming or establishing something; an organization founded and united for a specific purpose ; the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence ; any large organization ; (ecology) the process by which a plant or animal becomes established in a new habitat ; the cognitive process of establishing a valid proof

• "the institution of marriage"
• "the institution of slavery"
• "he had become an institution in the theater"

• "introducing something new"
• "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"
• "the foundation of a new scientific society"

Synonyms

• initiationa formal entry into an organization or position or office; the act of starting something for the first time; wisdom as evidenced by the possession of knowledge; an act that sets in motion some course of events
• foundingthe act of starting something for the first time
• foundationthe basis on which something is grounded; an institution supported by an endowment ; lowest support of a structure; education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge; the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body ; the act of starting something for the first time
• originationan event that is a beginning; the act of starting something for the first time
• creationthe human act of creating ; an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone ; the event that occurred at the beginning of something; the act of starting something for the first time; (theology) God's act of bringing the universe into existence ; everything that exists anywhere
• innovationa creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation ; the creation of something in the mind ; the act of starting something for the first time
• introductionthe act of beginning something new; the first section of a communication ; formally making a person known to another or to the public ; a basic or elementary instructional text ; a new proposal; the act of putting one thing into another ; the act of starting something for the first time
• instaurationthe act of starting something for the first time

Synonyms

• mental hospitala hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
• psychiatric hospitala hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
• mental institutiona hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
• mental homea hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
• insane asyluma hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
• asyluma shelter from danger or hardship ; a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person