institutionalized
institutionalized Lexical Profile
• adjective
Established in practice or custom as a formal norm within an organization, society, or culture.
"The reform committee worked to dismantle institutionalized bias within the hiring process."
Placed in or confined to a residential care facility, psychiatric hospital, or correctional institution.
"Advocates pushed for better community support programs to assist formerly institutionalized patients."
Having become apathetic and dependent on strict routine after a prolonged period of living in an institution, making it difficult to live independently outside it.
"After thirty years in prison, he had become so institutionalized that adjusting to everyday life on the outside felt overwhelming."
• verb
To establish as a formal norm or convention in an organization or culture (past tense and past participle of institutionalize).
"Over several decades, the government institutionalized the annual heritage festival as a national holiday."
To place or admit someone into a residential care or psychiatric facility (past tense and past participle of institutionalize).
"In the nineteenth century, authorities frequently institutionalized individuals with minor neurological conditions."
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