deinstitutionalization.
The process of abolishing a practice that has been considered a norm.
Meaning & usage
The process of abolishing a practice that has been considered a norm.
The government began the deinstitutionalization of background checks for certain Federal jobs.
The process of converting daily care for intellectually disabled people and mental health care for psychiatric patients from an institution-based model (focused largely on sequestering them in mental hospitals) to a community-based model (in which they live in small group homes or private residences to the greatest feasible extent).
By the 1970s, calls for deinstitutionalization had grown strong enough to yield systemic changes.
The process of releasing a person from a facility where their freedom to leave has been restrained.
The deinstitutionalization of minor offenders helps reduce prison overcrowding.
The process of reducing a person's dependence on an institutional environment.
After thirty years in the asylum, deinstitutionalization would present many problems.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English institution English -al English institutional Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English institutionalize English deinstitutionalize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English deinstitutionalization From deinstitutionalize + -ation.
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