institutionalism

/in-sti-too-shuh-nl-iz-uhm, -tyoo-/US // ˌɪn stɪˈtu ʃə nlˌɪz əm, -ˈtyu- //UK // (ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃənəˌlɪzəm) //

制度主义,制度论,制度化,体制主义

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : the system of institutions or organized societies devoted to public, charitable, or similar purposes.
- : strong attachment to established institutions, as of religion.
- : the policy or practice of using public institutions to house and care for people considered incapable of caring for themselves.
- : the belief or policy that a church must maintain institutions of education, welfare, etc., for its members.

A third question which must be asked is whether institutionalism in practice makes for unity among Christians, or for division.
Lastly, we must ask whether institutionalism is really a spiritual and moral force.
It is not an accident that America, where institutionalism is weakest, is the happy hunting-ground of religious quacks and cranks.
This is partly perhaps the spirit of spontaneous institutionalism in American democracy, breaking out in the wrong place.
We have spoken of the Master's rebukes of any form of institutionalism which stands in the way of human rights.