Deinstitutionalization Definition
noun
The process of abolishing a practice that has been considered a norm.
The government began the deinstitutionalization of background checks for certain Federal jobs.
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The process of releasing a person from a facility where their freedom to leave has been restrained.
The deinstitutionalization of minor offenders helps reduce prison overcrowding.
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The process of reducing a person's dependence on an institutional environment.
After thirty years in the asylum, deinstitutionalization would present many problems.
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Noun
Singular:
deinstitutionalization
Plural:
deinstitutionalizationsOrigin of Deinstitutionalization
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Derived from institutionalize.
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