institutionalize
verb (used with object)
to make institutional.
has institutionalized
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present perfectof institutionalize (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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It’s not reality that Missouri has institutionalized workplace discrimination, or that it is unwelcoming to all races, or that visitors are likely to fall into harm’s way.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 16, 2018
Other museums have occasionally struck arrangements of the sort that San Diego has institutionalized.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 10, 2017
For years, South Carolina has institutionalized more children than other states.
From New York Times ● Jun. 14, 2013
From what I can tell, the men's rights movement my dad belongs to believes that American law and society has institutionalized misandry.
From Slate ● Jan. 3, 2012
It has institutionalized its relationships with the countries of the Balkan through the "Partnership for Peace" and with Russia through a recently established joint council.
From The Belgian Curtain Europe after Communism by Samuel Vaknin
