institutionalize
[in-sti-too-shuh-nl-ahyz, -tyoo-]
verb (used with object), in·sti·tu·tion·al·ized, in·sti·tu·tion·al·iz·ing.
to make institutional.
to make into or treat as an institution: the danger of institutionalizing racism.
to place or confine in an institution, especially one for the care of mental illness, alcoholism, etc.
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- institution,
- institutional,
- institutional investor,
- institutionalism,
- institutionalization,
- institutionally,
- institutionary,
- institutive,
- institutor,
- instr.
Also especially British, in·sti·tu·tion·al·ise.
Origin of institutionalize
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Examples from the Web for institutionalize
Her parents were told to institutionalize her, but thankfully, they bucked the conventional advice.
Like Carver, Borlaug then sought to institutionalize his breakthroughs.
Therefore, any impulse to institutionalize the exclusion of the Muslim Brotherhood will be a catastrophe.
institutionalize
institutionalise
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institutionalize
"to put into institutional life" (usually deprecatory), 1905; see institution. Related: Institutionalized. Earlier (1865) it meant "to make into an institution."
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institutionalize
[ĭn′stĭ-tōō′shə-nə-līz′]
v.
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