institutionalized

Thân thiện

The patient became institutionalized after many years in the facility.

Definition

Adjective: 1. Established as a norm or convention within an organization or society: Refers to a practice, behavior, or belief that has become an accepted and routine part of a structured system. 2. Placed in a specialized institution: Refers to a person who has been officially admitted to live in and receive care from a facility like a hospital, prison, or home.

Usage and Examples

• Meaning 1 (Established as a norm):
  • Corruption had become so institutionalized that it was considered a normal part of doing business.
  • The study examined institutionalized racism within the country's legal system.
• Meaning 2 (Placed in an institution):
  • The institutionalized patients required specialized long-term care.
  • He had been institutionalized for most of his adult life and found it difficult to adjust to living independently.

Advanced Usage

• The term often carries a critical connotation when describing social systems, implying that a problematic practice is entrenched and difficult to change.
  • The report criticized the institutionalized sexism in the company's promotion policies.

Variants and Related Words

• Institutionalize (verb): To establish something as a norm or to place someone in an institution.
  • They sought to institutionalize the new safety procedures.
  • The court decided to institutionalize the individual for their own protection.
• Institutionalization (noun): The process of becoming institutionalized.
  • The institutionalization of these customs took centuries.

Synonyms

• For meaning 1: Established, entrenched, systematized, conventionalized, ingrained.
• For meaning 2: Hospitalized, confined, committed.

Antonyms

• For meaning 1: Unconventional, nonconformist, ad-hoc.
• For meaning 2: Free, independent, outpatient.

Notes on Different Meanings

The meaning is entirely dependent on context. When describing a practice (like graft or bias), it refers to systemic entrenchment. When describing a person, it refers to their residence in a care or detention facility. The verb form "to institutionalize" can apply to both concepts.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. given the character of an institution or incorporated into a structured and usually well-established system
   • institutionalized graft
   • institutionalized suicide as practiced in Japan
2. officially placed in or committed to a specialized institution
   • had hopes of rehabilitating the institutionalized juvenile delinquents

Từ đồng nghĩa

• institutionalised