(~s, institutionalizing, ~d)
Note: in BRIT, also use 'institutionalise'
1.
If someone such as a sick, mentally ill, or old person is ~d, they are sent to stay in a special hospital or home, usually for a long period.
She became seriously ill and had to be ~d for a lengthy period.
...~d kids with medical problems.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed, V-ed
institutionalization
Institutionalization was necessary when his wife became both blind and violent.
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2.
To ~ something means to establish it as part of a culture, social system, or organization.
The goal is to ~ family planning into community life...
In the first century there was no such thing as ~d religion.
VERB: V n, V-ed
institutionalization
...the institutionalization of social change.
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