institutionalize

Verb

Meaning

cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

intrust charge send implement commit standardize formalize standardise normalize conventionalize hospitalize constitutionalize committing formalized institutionalized
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Hypernyms

transfer

Hyponyms

hospitalize hospitalise

Examples

We are willing to spend the least amount of money to keep a kid at home, more to put him in a foster home and the most to institutionalize him. Marian Wright Edelman

I voted for the Defense of Marriage Act but I do not believe we should institutionalize a form of discrimination against any minority by amending the Constitution. Ben Nighthorse Campbell

I've been struck by the upside-down priorities of the juvenile justice system. We are willing to spend the least amount of money to keep a kid at home, more to put him in a foster home and the most to institutionalize him. Marian Wright Edelman

After the second episode, she had to be committed Source: Internet

he was committed to prison Source: Internet

AA's emphasis on the spiritual nature of its program, however, is necessary to institutionalize a feeling of transcendence. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

institutionality institutionalizable institutionalization institutionalized institutionalized indenture institutionalized racism