the process of establishing a practice as a norm / the process of committing a person to a facility where their freedom to leave will be restrained, usually a mental hospital

plural of institutionalization

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of institutionalize

present participle of institutionalize

In an institutional manner. / Throughout an institution.

Having been established as an institution. / Having been committed to an institution, such as a prison or an insane asylum.

simple past tense and past participle of institutionalize

to establish as a normal practice / to commit a person to confinement in an institution

Adherence to the established religion, or to established codes of conduct / The use of public institutions in health care and social services

One who, or that which, institutionalizes something.