Association vs. Institution
Associationnoun
The act of associating.
Associationnoun
The state of being associated; a connection to or an affiliation with something.
Associationnoun
(statistics) Any relationship between two measured quantities that renders them statistically dependent (but not necessarily causal or a correlation).
Associationnoun
A group of persons associated for a common purpose; an organization; society.
Associationnoun
(object-oriented programming) Relationship between classes of objects that allows one object instance to cause another to perform an action on its behalf.
Associationnoun
The act of associating, or state of being associated; union; connection, whether of persons of things.
Associationnoun
Mental connection, or that which is mentally linked or associated with a thing.
Associationnoun
Union of persons in a company or society for some particular purpose; as, the American Association for the Advancement of Science; a benevolent association. Specifically, as among the Congregationalists, a society, consisting of a number of ministers, generally the pastors of neighboring churches, united for promoting the interests of religion and the harmony of the churches.
Associationnoun
a formal organization of people or groups of people;
Associationnoun
the act of consorting with or joining with others;
Associationnoun
the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination;
Associationnoun
a social or business relationship;
Associationnoun
the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination;
Associationnoun
a relation resulting from interaction or dependence;
Associationnoun
(chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding
Associationnoun
(ecology) a group of organisms (plants and animals) that live together in a certain geographical region and constitute a community with a few dominant species
Institutionnoun
A custom or practice of a society or community.
Institutionnoun
An organization similarly long established and respected, particularly one involved with education, public service, or charity work.
Institutionnoun
The building or buildings which house such an organization.
Institutionnoun
(informal) Other places or businesses similarly long established and respected.
Institutionnoun
(informal) A person similarly long established in a place, position, or field.
Institutionnoun
The act of instituting something.
Institutionnoun
(obsolete) That which institutes or instructs, particularly a textbook or system of elements or rules.
Institutionnoun
The act or process of instituting; as: (a) Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the institution of a school.
Institutionnoun
Instruction; education.
Institutionnoun
That which instituted or established
Institutionnoun
An established or organized society or corporation; an establishment, especially of a public character, or affecting a community; a foundation; as, a literary institution; a charitable institution; also, a building or the buildings occupied or used by such organization; as, the Smithsonian Institution.
Institutionnoun
That which institutes or instructs; a textbook; a system of elements or rules; an institute.
Institutionnoun
an organization founded and united for a specific purpose
Institutionnoun
an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated
Institutionnoun
a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society;
Institutionnoun
the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new;
Institutionnoun
a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
Institution
Institutions, according to Samuel P. Huntington, are . Institutions can refer to mechanisms which govern the behavior of a set of individuals within a given community, and are identified with a social purpose, transcending individuals and intentions by mediating the rules that govern living behavior.
