Institutionalization Definition

noun

The process of establishing a practice as a norm.

The government began the institutionalization of background checks for internet users.
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The process of committing a person to a facility where their freedom to leave will be restrained, usually a mental hospital.

The institutionalization of Syd Barrett was a major event in the history of the rock group Pink Floyd.
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Singular:
institutionalization
Plural:
institutionalizations

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