INSTITUTIONALIZE


Meaning of INSTITUTIONALIZE in English

(~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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