Overview of verb institutionalize

The verb institutionalize has 1 sense

• commit, institutionalize, institutionalise, send, charge -- (cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison")

Overview of adj institutionalized

The adj institutionalized has 2 senses

• institutionalized, institutionalised -- (officially placed in or committed to a specialized institution; "had hopes of rehabilitating the institutionalized juvenile delinquents")


• institutionalized, institutionalised -- (given the character of an institution or incorporated into a structured and usually well-established system; "institutionalized graft"; "institutionalized suicide as practiced in Japan")