institutionalize

English

Alternative forms

• institutionalise (Commonwealth)

Etymology

institutional +‎ -ize

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃənəˌlaɪz/

Verb

institutionalize (third-person singular simple present institutionalizes, present participle institutionalizing, simple past and past participle institutionalized)

1. to establish as a normal practice
2. to commit a person to confinement in an institution

Derived terms

• institutionalization

Translations

to establish as a normal practice

• Catalan: institucionalitzar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 体制化

• Danish: institutionalisere
• Finnish: institutionaalistaa, vakiinnuttaa (fi)
• French: institutionnaliser (fr)
• Galician: institucionalizar

• German: institutionalisieren (de)
• Italian: istituzionalizzare (it) f
• Lithuanian: institucionalizuoti (lt)
• Polish: zinstytucjonalizować
• Portuguese: institucionalizar f
• Russian: институционализи́ровать (ru) impf or pf (institucionalizírovatʹ)
• Spanish: institucionalizar (es)
• Tagalog: isatatag

to commit a person to confinement in an institution

• Danish: institutionalisere
• Finnish: sijoittaa laitoshoitoon

• Russian: помеща́ть в учрежде́ние закры́того ти́па (pomeščátʹ v učreždénije zakrýtovo típa) (no exact term exists)