verb🔗ShareTo establish as a normal practice"The company institutionalized a weekly team meeting to ensure everyone stayed informed about project progress. "culturesocietyorganizationgovernmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo commit a person to confinement in an institution"After repeated acts of violence, the court decided to have him institutionalized in a mental health facility. "medicinelawsocietyorganizationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareHaving been established as an institution."It is very difficult to get bureaucracies to abandon their institutionalized practices."societyorganizationgovernmentlawhistoryeducationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareHaving been committed to an institution, such as a prison or an insane asylum."After decades in prison, the institutionalized man struggled to adjust to life outside, finding the freedom overwhelming and unfamiliar. "lawmedicinesocietymindconditionorganizationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
