Associations to the word «Institutionalize»

Wiktionary

INSTITUTIONALIZE, verb. To establish as a normal practice
INSTITUTIONALIZE, verb. To commit a person to confinement in an institution

Dictionary definition

INSTITUTIONALIZE, verb. Cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats