institutionalization

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The process of establishing a practice as a norm.
The process of committing a person to a facility where their freedom to leave will be restrained, usually a mental hospital.
The presence of social deficits or disabilities as a result of a long period spent in a prison, mental hospitals, etc.

/ˌɪnstɪˌtjuːʃnəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/

institutionalization institutionalizations institutionalisation

From institutional + -ization.

institutional syndrome

institutionalize institutionalise commitment

transinstitutionalization

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