institutionalized Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
   commit; charge; send; institutionalize; institutionalise.
   
   • After the second episode, she had to be committed
   • he was committed to prison
2. adjective officially placed in or committed to a specialized institution
   institutionalised.
   
   • had hopes of rehabilitating the institutionalized juvenile delinquents
3. adjective satellite given the character of an institution or incorporated into a structured and usually well-established system
   institutionalised.
   
   • institutionalized graft
   • institutionalized suicide as practiced in Japan

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