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in⋅sti⋅tu⋅tion⋅al⋅ize

   [in-sti-too-shuh-nl-ahyz, -tyoo-]
–verb (used with object), -ized, -iz⋅ing.
1. to make institutional.
2. to make into or treat as an institution: the danger of institutionalizing racism.
3. to place or confine in an institution, esp. one for the care of mental illness, alcoholism, etc.
Also, especially British, in⋅sti⋅tu⋅tion⋅al⋅ise.

Origin:
1860–65; institutional + -ize
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in·sti·tu·tion·al·ize     (ĭn'stĭ-tōō'shə-nə-līz', -tyōō'-)  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   in·sti·tu·tion·al·ized, in·sti·tu·tion·al·iz·ing, in·sti·tu·tion·al·iz·es
    1. To make into, treat as, or give the character of an institution to.
    2. 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.

in'sti·tu'tion·al·i·za'tion (-lĭ-zā'shən) n.
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institutionalize

verb
cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison" [syn: commit] 

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