institutionalized
Speech parts
1. institutionalized - Adjective
2. institutionalized - Verb
3. institutionalized - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
officially placed in or committed to a specialized institution
given the character of an institution or incorporated into a structured and usually well-established system
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Examples
had hopes of rehabilitating the institutionalized juvenile delinquents
institutionalized graft
institutionalized suicide as practiced in Japan
After Germany passed a law in 1983 to pay foreigners to leave the country, Turks set up their own services to mediate between individuals and the government, creating institutionalized space.
An additional 22 countries participate in NATO's Partnership for Peace program, with 15 other countries involved in institutionalized dialogue programmes.
During the First World War women were recruited to work with and restore physical function to injured soldiers, and the field of physical therapy was institutionalized.