institutionalize
verb (used with object)
to make institutional.
institutionalise
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a variation of
institutionalize.
Example Sentences
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"I have instructed my ministry to act immediately to institutionalise ties between the two countries across a wide range of fields," he said in a statement on X.
From Barron's ● Dec. 26, 2025
"Why would we want to institutionalise a mechanism that gets us back to where we were before?," one delegate said on condition of anonymity since he cannot voice his country's position.
From Reuters ● Nov. 16, 2023
"In the last few months what we've been doing in pushing this, is to make sure that we institutionalise the delivery system," he told the guests.
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2022
Because the attacks occurred in an already wired world, the denialism it spawned has never managed to institutionalise and develop an orthodoxy in the way that pre-internet denialisms did.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 3, 2018
Over-forceful bosses can turn their subordinates into patsies; consensus-obsessed bosses can institutionalise dithering.
From Economist ● Jun. 6, 2013
