institutionalize
verb (used with object)
to make institutional.
institutionalized
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past participleof institutionalize.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof institutionalize.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
Example Sentences
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“Resurrectionists” – body snatchers – exhumed the recently buried, disproportionately targeting the poor, the institutionalized and those without family protection or the financial means to guard graves.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 21, 2026
“It might actually be worse because there’s nothing institutionalized about any of this.”
From Salon ● May 19, 2026
Without such unpaid family support, older adults would go without care or end up in institutionalized care, which would further burden the healthcare system and public programs like Medicaid.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 26, 2026
Still, Alary said, even when he was institutionalized and forced to be without his phone, he was itching to get back to Aimee as soon as he was let out.
From Slate ● Feb. 2, 2026
When these new interests and values are recognized and institutionalized, geek lads may have more status and feel less like aliens in their own schools.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
