Definitions for institutionalized

Overview of verb institutionalize

The verb institutionalize has 1 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (1) 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? (first 2 from tagged texts)

1. (1) institutionalized, institutionalised

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

2. (1) 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")