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institutionalization en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌɪnstɪˌtjuːʃnəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/

Etymology

Etymology tree English institution English -al English institutional Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English institutionalization From institutional + -ization.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The process of establishing a practice as a norm.
    • The government began the institutionalization of background checks for internet users.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The process of committing a person to a facility where their freedom to leave will be restrained, usually a mental hospital.
    • The institutionalization of Syd Barrett was a major event in the history of the rock group Pink Floyd.
  3. (countable, uncountable) The presence of social deficits or disabilities as a result of a long period spent in a prison, mental hospitals, etc.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
institutionalisation Commonwealth, alternative lexicographic
institutionalizations Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

transinstitutionalization · counterinstitutionalization

Relateds

institutionalize · institutionalise · commitment

Synonyms

institutional syndrome

Translations (9)

de Institutionalisierung (the process of establishing a practice as a norm) · es institucionalización (the process of establishing a practice as a norm) · ca institucionalització (the process of establishing a practice as a norm) · it istituzionalizzazione (the process of establishing a practice as a norm) · fr institutionnalisation (the process of establishing a practice as a norm) · pl instytucjonalizacja (the process of establishing a practice as a norm) · gl institucionalización (the process of establishing a practice as a norm) · uk інституціоналіза́ція (the process of establishing a practice as a norm) · pt institucionalização (the process of establishing a practice as a norm)