Dictionary

institutionalize en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃənəˌlaɪz/

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 English institutionalize From institutional + -ize.

Meanings

1. To establish as a normal practice.
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2. To commit a person to confinement in an institution.

Forms

Deriveds

institutionalization · institutionalizer · institutionalizable · overinstitutionalize · reinstitutionalize · deinstitutionalize · transinstitutionalize

Translations (26)

pl instytucjonalizować (to establish as a normal practice) · gl institucionalizar (to establish as a normal practice) · da institutionalisere (to commit a person to confinement in an institution) · kk институттандыру (to establish as a normal practice) · pt institucionalizar (to establish as a normal practice) · ru институционализи́ровать (to establish as a normal practice) · da institutionalisere (to establish as a normal practice) · it istituzionalizzare (to establish as a normal practice) · fi institutionaalistaa (to establish as a normal practice) · lt institucionalizuoti (to establish as a normal practice) · cmn 體制化 /体制化 (to establish as a normal practice) · pl zinstytucjonalizować (to commit a person to confinement in an institution) · tr yatırmak (to commit a person to confinement in an institution) · es institucionalizar (to establish as a normal practice) · ro instituționaliza (to establish as a normal practice) · ru помеща́ть в учрежде́ние закры́того ти́па (to commit a person to confinement in an institution) · ca institucionalitzar (to establish as a normal practice) · pl instytucjonalizować (to commit a person to confinement in an institution) · tl isatatag (to establish as a normal practice) · fr institutionnaliser (to establish as a normal practice) · fi sijoittaa laitoshoitoon (to commit a person to confinement in an institution) · de institutionalisieren (to establish as a normal practice) · fi vakiinnuttaa (to establish as a normal practice) · cmn 制度化 (to establish as a normal practice) · uk інституціоналізува́ти (to establish as a normal practice) · pl zinstytucjonalizować (to establish as a normal practice)