institutionalized.
Having been established as an institution.
Meaning & usage
Having been established as an institution.
It is very difficult to get bureaucracies to abandon their institutionalized practices.
Having been committed to an institution, such as a prison or an insane asylum.
Once a potential employer learns that you've been institutionalized, you can forget about getting the job.
Having become dependent after a long time in, and unable to function outside of an institution, especially a prison.
simple past and past participle of institutionalize
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