Meaning

2 senses
  1. To establish as a normal practice.

    institutionalisieren

    институционализи́роватьinstitucionalizírovatʹ

    інституціоналізува́тиinstytucionalizuváty

  2. To commit a person to confinement in an institution.

    помеща́ть в учрежде́ние закры́того ти́паpomeščátʹ v učreždénije zakrýtovo típa

More definitions
  • cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution

Examples

9 sentences
  1. Some sociopaths need to be institutionalized.

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  2. Rodrigo was institutionalized for a long time.

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  3. We need to institutionalize the testing of organic products.

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  4. Mary had to be institutionalized after a thorough psychiatric evaluation.

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  5. Santiago was institutionalized.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to establish as a normal practice:
Русский
By meaning 2
to establish as a normal practice:
to commit a person to confinement in an institution:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to establish as a normal practice:

Forms

institutionalizes, institutionalizing, institutionalized, institutionalized
Base forminstitutionalize · to institutionalize
3rd person singularinstitutionalizes
Present participleinstitutionalizing
Past simpleinstitutionalized
Past participleinstitutionalized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyinstitutionalize
he, she, itinstitutionalizes

Past simpleLesson

all personsinstitutionalized

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave institutionalized
he, she, ithas institutionalized

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill institutionalize

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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