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- Dictionaryin·sti·tu·tion·al·ize/ˌinztəˈto͞oSHnəˌlīz/
verb
- 1. establish (something, typically a practice or activity) as a convention or norm in an organization or culture: "a system that institutionalizes bad behavior"
- 2. place or keep (someone) in a residential institution: "these adolescents had more contacts with the police and were charged and institutionalized more often"
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The meaning of INSTITUTIONALIZE is to make into an institution : give character of an institution to; especially : to incorporate into a structured and often highly formalized system. How to use institutionalize in a sentence.
to send someone to stay or live in an institution, esp. a hospital for people who are mentally ill: Martin had to be institutionalized for several months during his last depression.
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 /.
To institutionalize someone is to send them to a place where they can be taken care of. Institutionalize also means that something is part of the system. If men are paid more than women, then gender bias has been institutionalized.
to send someone to stay or live in an institution, esp. a hospital for people who are mentally ill: Martin had to be institutionalized for several months during his last depression.
To institutionalize something means to establish it as part of a culture, social system, or organization.
1. ( tr; often passive) to subject to the deleterious effects of confinement in an institution: a mental patient who was institutionalized into boredom and apathy. 2. ( tr) to place in an institution. 3. to make or become an institution. ˌinstiˌtutionaliˈzation, ˌinstiˌtutionaliˈsation n.
Definition of institutionalize verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
To institutionalize something means to establish it as part of a culture, social system, or organization.
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. See more. Derived forms of institutionalize. institutionalization or institutionalisation, noun.
