transitive verb
-·ized·, -·iz·ing- to make into or consider as an institution
- to place in an institution, as for treatment or detention
institutionalize
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institutionalize
transitive verb
in·sti·tu·tion·al·ized, in·sti·tu·tion·al·iz·ing, in·sti·tu·tion·al·iz·es- To make into, treat as, or give the character of an institution to: “The Irish institutionalized their language, requiring it on official documents” ( Mark Abley )
- To place (a person) in the care of an institution.
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- in′sti·tu′tion·al·i·za′tion
noun
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present institutionalizes, present participle institutionalizing, simple past and past participle institutionalized)
- to establish as a normal practice
- to commit a person to confinement in an institution
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