es·tab·lish·ment

/ıˈstæblıʃmənt/ noun, pl -ments

1 [count] : a place or organization where people live or do business

a dry-cleaning establishment

a business establishment

2 [noncount] : the act of establishing something or someone: such as

2 a : the act of starting something that will last for a long time

the establishment of a business/school/church/settlement

2 b : the act of causing something or someone to be widely known and accepted

the establishment of a scientific fact

3 a or Establishment [singular] often disapproving : the people in business, government, etc., who have power over the other people in a society

She dislikes establishment types.

an antiestablishment campaign

— usually used with the

We spent our youth rebelling against the Establishment.

He accepted a boring job and became a member of the Establishment.

3 b the establishment : the part of a particular group that has power or control

His novels were disliked by the literary establishment.

the medical establishment