to institutionalize
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7.2
- verb
- /ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃənəlaɪz/
- US
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- He was institutionalized in a mental health facility for several years after his diagnosis.
- institutionalized children
- institutionalized care
- institutionalized violence
And some people need to be institutionalized.
- And some people need to be institutionalized.
- When I come out Belmarsh Prison from that sentence it you know, you're institutionalized, James.
Examples
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You've been through a breakdown that led you to being institutionalized.
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She was institutionalized before she came to us.
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So he was institutionalized for a year with the brothers.
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I met this guy, when I was institutionalized.
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By the time I was born... my mother was already institutionalized.
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The New York case was brought on behalf of six patients who were institutionalized in state mental health facilities.
Academic text (1998) -
After his suicide, his wife was institutionalized.
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Overall, elderly women are twice as likely to be institutionalized as elderly men.
Academic text (1990) -
She was institutionalized in Scandinavia.
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We don't want her institutionalized, but the Meadow Wood Convalescent Home is willing to take her.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Make someone go to a place, often for work or as punishment
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4.2
Put someone in prison as a punishment or keep them locked up
115
5.8
To lock someone in prison or a secure place
108
2.1
To put someone in prison as punishment
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3.9
Take someone into a hospital for medical care
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7.0
To send someone by legal order to prison or hospital
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8.4
To put someone in prison and keep them there
How Confined
Surface Forms
Morphology
institutionalize = institutional (transparent) = institution + al + ize
Adding the productive verb-forming suffix '-ize' to 'institutional' yields a verb meaning 'make or place within an institution', which is directly inferable.
Etymology
The word institutionalize comes from institution, which comes from a Latin verb meaning 'to set up' or 'establish'. An institution is a place 'set up' for a purpose, like a hospital or prison, so to institutionalize someone is to send them to such a place to live for a long time.