Associations to the word «Institutionalization»

Wiktionary

INSTITUTIONALIZATION, noun. The process of establishing a practice as a norm
INSTITUTIONALIZATION, noun. The process of committing a person to a facility where their freedom to leave will be restrained, usually a mental hospital

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.