institutionalized

  • (a) officially placed in or committed to a specialized institution
    • had hopes of rehabilitating the institutionalized juvenile delinquents
    institutionalised,
  • (s) given the character of an institution or incorporated into a structured and usually well-established system
    • institutionalized graft
    • institutionalized suicide as practiced in Japan
    institutionalised,

Synonyms

institutionalised

Antonyms

noninstitutionalised noninstitutionalized

Words of close approximity

institutionalize