Noun
the process of abolishing a practice that has been considered a norm
The government began the deinstitutionalization of background checks for certain Federal jobs.
the process of releasing a person from a facility where their freedom to leave has been restrained
The deinstitutionalization of minor offenders helps reduce prison overcrowding.
the process of reducing a person's dependence on an institutional environment
After thirty years in the asylum, deinstitutionalization would present many problems.
Deinstitutionalization seeAlso Starting in the 1960s, there has been a worldwide trend toward moving psychiatric patients from hospital settings to less restricting settings in the community, a shift known as "deinstitutionalization." Source: Internet
Long-term hospitalization is uncommon since deinstitutionalization beginning in the 1950s, although it still occurs. Source: Internet