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
   • 1980 August 16, Bennett Klein, “House Passes Anti-Gay Clause”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 5, page 6:

     Gary Orlando, legislative aid to McDonald, told GCN that the congressman sponsored the bill because "he does not want to institutionalize homosexual acts. We can't use funds to promote, legitimize, or accept this kind of behavior.

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: 體制化／体制化 (tǐzhìhuà), 制度化 (zh) (zhìdùhuà)

• Danish: institutionalisere
• Finnish: institutionaalistaa, vakiinnuttaa (fi)
• French: institutionnaliser (fr)
• Galician: institucionalizar
• German: institutionalisieren (de)
• Italian: istituzionalizzare (it) f
• Kazakh: институттандыру (instituttandyru)
• Lithuanian: institucionalizuoti (lt)
• Polish: zinstytucjonalizować
• Portuguese: institucionalizar f
• Romanian: instituționaliza (ro)
• Russian: институционализи́ровать (ru) impf or pf (institucionalizírovatʹ)
• Spanish: institucionalizar (es)
• Tagalog: isatatag
• Ukrainian: інституціоналізува́ти impf or pf (instytucionalizuváty)

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)
• Turkish: yatırmak (tr)