institutionalized Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
    commit; charge; send; institutionalize; institutionalise.
    • After the second episode, she had to be committed
    • he was committed to prison
  2. adjective officially placed in or committed to a specialized institution
    institutionalised.
    • had hopes of rehabilitating the institutionalized juvenile delinquents
  3. adjective satellite given the character of an institution or incorporated into a structured and usually well-established system
    institutionalised.
    • institutionalized graft
    • institutionalized suicide as practiced in Japan

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