institutionalization
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From institutional + -ization.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]institutionalization (countable and uncountable, plural institutionalizations)
- The process of establishing a practice as a norm.
- The government began the institutionalization of background checks for internet users.
- The process of committing a person to a facility where their freedom to leave will be restrained, usually a mental hospital.
- The institutionalization of Syd Barrett was a major event in the history of the rock group Pink Floyd.
- The presence of social deficits or disabilities as a result of a long period spent in a prison, mental hospitals, etc.
- Synonym: institutional syndrome
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[edit]Translations
[edit]the process of establishing a practice as a norm
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