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institutionalize
[ in-sti-too-shuh-nl-ahyz, -tyoo- ]
verb (used with object)
- to make institutional.
- to make into or treat as an institution:
the danger of institutionalizing racism.
- to place or confine in an institution, especially one for the care of mental illness, alcoholism, etc.
institutionalize
/ ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃənəˌlaɪz /
verb
- tr; often passive to subject to the deleterious effects of confinement in an institution
a mental patient who was institutionalized into boredom and apathy
- tr to place in an institution
- to make or become an institution
Derived Forms
- ˌinstiˌtutionaliˈzation, noun
Other Words From
- in·sti·tu·tion·al·i·za·tion [in-sti-too-sh, uh, -nl-ahy-, zey, -sh, uh, n, -tyoo-], noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of institutionalize1
Example Sentences
But those cuts are less likely to matter to the polemicists who will not experience the institutionalized cruelties firsthand.
With his mother institutionalized, Jones said, he began to run the streets.
“It has become institutionalized. I call it institutional racism.”
Rockman pointed out that modern conservative complaints about bureaucracies even ignore how American founding fathers like Alexander Hamilton advocated "the development of an institutionalized governmental apparatus."
Also, for me as an outsider, this was my chance to look at the American system and the utter corruption that has been an institutionalized part of it, at least from my perspective.
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