(BrE also institutionalise) verb [VN]
1 to send sb who is not capable of living independently to live in a special house (= an institution) especially when it is for a long period of time
2 to make sth become part of an organized system, society or culture, so that it is considered normal
institutionalization, institutionalisation noun [U]
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