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, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley