institutionalized
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- For meaning 1: Established, entrenched, systematized, conventionalized, ingrained.
- For meaning 2: Hospitalized, confined, committed.
- For meaning 1: Unconventional, nonconformist, ad-hoc.
- For meaning 2: Free, independent, outpatient.
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.
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given the character of an institution or incorporated into a structured and usually well-established system
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institutionalized graft
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institutionalized suicide as practiced in Japan
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officially placed in or committed to a specialized institution
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had hopes of rehabilitating the institutionalized juvenile delinquents
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