Institutionalize Definition

ĭnstĭ-to͝oshə-nə-līz, -tyo͝o-
institutionalized, institutionalizes, institutionalizing
verb
institutionalized, institutionalizes, institutionalizing
To make into or consider as an institution.
Webster's New World
To place in an institution, as for treatment or detention.
Webster's New World

To establish as a normal practice.

Wiktionary

To commit a person to confinement in an institution.

Wiktionary
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