institutionalize
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.
Origin of institutionalize
1- Also especially British, in·sti·tu·tion·al·ise .
Other words from institutionalize
- in·sti·tu·tion·al·i·za·tion [in-sti-too-shuh-nl-ahy-zey-shuhn, -tyoo-], /ˌɪn stɪˌtu ʃə nlˌaɪˈzeɪ ʃən, -ˌtyu-/, noun
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How to use institutionalize in a sentence
But there is none of the institutionalised racism basic to apartheid.
British Dictionary definitions for institutionalize
institutionalise
/ (ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃənəˌlaɪz) /
(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 of institutionalize
- institutionalization or institutionalisation, noun
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