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institutionalized

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in·sti·tu·tion·al·ize  (nst-tsh-n-lz, -ty-)
tr.v. in·sti·tu·tion·al·ized, in·sti·tu·tion·al·iz·ing, in·sti·tu·tion·al·iz·es
1.
a. To make into, treat as, or give the character of an institution to.
b. To make part of a structured and usually well-established system: a society that has institutionalized injustice.
2. To place (a person) in the care of an institution.
insti·tution·al·i·zation (-l-zshn) n.
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Adj.1.institutionalized - officially placed in or committed to a specialized institution; "had hopes of rehabilitating the institutionalized juvenile delinquents"
institutionalised
noninstitutionalised, noninstitutionalized - not committed to an institution
2.institutionalized - given the character of an institution or incorporated into a structured and usually well-established system; "institutionalized graft"; "institutionalized suicide as practiced in Japan"
institutionalised
institutional - organized as or forming an institution; "institutional religion"


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