Institutionalise (Verb)
Meaning
Cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison".
Classification
Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
Examples
- The decision was made to institutionalise the patient after a series of violent outbursts.
- Due to her severe mental health issues, the court decided to institutionalise her for her own protection.
- After multiple failed attempts to care for himself, the man was forced to be institutionalised in a long-term care facility.
- During the 1950s and 1960s, thousands of women were institutionalised for having children out of wedlock.
- The elderly woman had to be institutionalised after she was no longer able to take care of herself in her home.