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anti-institutionalism

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English

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Etymology

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From anti- +‎ institutionalism.

Noun

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anti-institutionalism (uncountable)

  1. Opposition to, or rejection of, institutionalism.

Usage notes

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  • 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

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References

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