non-institutional
Not officially organized
Non-institutional describes something outside or apart from established institutions—government agencies, hospitals, universities, prisons, or other formal organizations.
Non-institutional care happens at home rather than in a facility.
Non-institutional investors are individuals rather than banks or funds.
The survey covered only the non-institutional population, excluding those in nursing homes or prisons.
Lacking imposed order
- casualRelaxed and informal
- flexibleAble to bend freely
- organicFrom living matter
- spontaneousArising without external cause
ad-hoc · loose · unofficial · unregulated · personal · handshake · word-of-mouth · improvised
Controlling one's own affairs
- self-directedManaging oneself without supervision
- self-managedOperating without external control
- decentralizedLacking single authority
- self-determiningControlling one's own fate
self-regulating · grassroots · community-led · horizontal · non-hierarchical · cooperative · collective · worker-owned
Restricted to certain parties
- freelanceSelf-employed project work
- self-employedWorking independently, not hired
- entrepreneurialInclined to launch ventures
- unaffiliatedNot formally connected
nongovernmental · non-state · NGO · nonprofit · charitable · philanthropic · faith-based · family-run
Residential area nearby
kinship · clan · council · circle · gathering · meetup · cooperative · collective
Another available choice
- counterculturalOpposing mainstream society
- subversiveSeeking to undermine authority
- guerrillaIrregular armed fighter
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
samizdat · bootleg · black-market · shadow · parallel · unofficial · unlicensed · unaccredited
unstructured
Lacking imposed order
spontaneous · ad-hoc · loose · unofficial · unregulated · personal · handshake · word-of-mouth · improvised · adaptive
self-governing
Controlling one's own affairs
- self-directedManaging oneself without supervision
- self-managedOperating without external control
- decentralizedLacking single authority
self-determining · self-regulating · grassroots · community-led · horizontal · non-hierarchical · cooperative · collective · worker-owned · self-sustaining
private
Restricted to certain parties
- freelanceSelf-employed project work
- self-employedWorking independently, not hired
- entrepreneurialInclined to launch ventures
unaffiliated · nongovernmental · non-state · NGO · nonprofit · charitable · philanthropic · faith-based · family-run · small-scale
neighborhood
Residential area nearby
tribal · kinship · clan · council · circle · gathering · meetup · cooperative · collective · solidarity
alternative
Another available choice
- counterculturalOpposing mainstream society
- subversiveSeeking to undermine authority
- guerrillaIrregular armed fighter
clandestine · samizdat · bootleg · black-market · shadow · parallel · unofficial · unlicensed · unaccredited · unsanctioned
non-institutionalinstitutional
Of formal establishments
institutionalized · bureaucratic · official · formal · organizational
non-institutionalformal
Following strict protocol
official · bureaucratic · conventional · traditional · standardized
non-institutionalinstitutional
Of formal establishments
mainstream · establishment · incorporated · centralized · state-sponsored
institutional, institution, institute, instituted, instituting, institutes, institutions, institutionalize, institutionalized