institutionalize
in|sti|tu|tion|al|ize /'ɪnstɪtj'uːʃənəlaɪz, AM -t'uː-/ (institutionalizes institutionalizing institutionalized)
in BRIT, also use institutionalise
1 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed, V-ed
If someone such as a sick, mentally ill, or old person is institutionalized, they are sent to stay in a special hospital or home, usually for a long period.
She became seriously ill and had to be institutionalized for a lengthy period.
...institutionalized kids with medical problems.
● institutionalization [N-UNCOUNT]
Institutionalization was necessary when his wife became both blind and violent.
2 [VERB] V n, V-ed
To institutionalize something means to establish it as part of a culture, social system, or organization.
The goal is to institutionalize family planning into community life...
In the first century there was no such thing as institutionalized religion.
● institutionalization [N-UNCOUNT]
...the institutionalization of social change.
in BRIT, also use institutionalise
1 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed, V-ed
If someone such as a sick, mentally ill, or old person is institutionalized, they are sent to stay in a special hospital or home, usually for a long period.
She became seriously ill and had to be institutionalized for a lengthy period.
...institutionalized kids with medical problems.
● institutionalization [N-UNCOUNT]
Institutionalization was necessary when his wife became both blind and violent.
2 [VERB] V n, V-ed
To institutionalize something means to establish it as part of a culture, social system, or organization.
The goal is to institutionalize family planning into community life...
In the first century there was no such thing as institutionalized religion.
● institutionalization [N-UNCOUNT]
...the institutionalization of social change.