institutionalization.
The process of establishing a practice as a norm.
Meaning & usage
The process of establishing a practice as a norm.
The government began the institutionalization of background checks for internet users.
The process of committing a person to a facility where their freedom to leave will be restrained, usually a mental hospital.
The institutionalization of Syd Barrett was a major event in the history of the rock group Pink Floyd.
The presence of social deficits or disabilities as a result of a long period spent in a prison, mental hospitals, etc.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree 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 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 -ization English institutionalization From institutional + -ization.
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