anti-institutionalism

English edit

Etymology edit

From anti- +‎ institutionalism.

Noun edit

anti-institutionalism (uncountable)

  1. Opposition to, or rejection of, institutionalism.

Usage notes edit

  • anti-institutionalism is several times more common than antiinstitutionalism in print.[1] GPO manual recommends using a hyphen to avoid doubling a vowel except after short prefixes.[2]

Translations edit

References edit

  1. ^ (antiinstitutionalism*6),anti-institutionalism at Google Ngram Viewer
  2. ^ 6. Compounding Rules in U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, govinfo.gov