Word Study
institutionalize
OXFORD DICTIONARY
institutionalize, v.tr. (also -ise)
1 (as institutionalized adj.) (of a prisoner, a long-term patient, etc.) made apathetic and dependent after a long period in an institution.
2 place or keep (a person) in an institution.
3 convert into an institution; make institutional.
1 (as institutionalized adj.) (of a prisoner, a long-term patient, etc.) made apathetic and dependent after a long period in an institution.
2 place or keep (a person) in an institution.
3 convert into an institution; make institutional.
Derivative
institutionalization n.
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