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Institutionalize (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 court ordered that the mentally unstable man be institutionalized in a psychiatric hospital for further evaluation and treatment.
  • She fought to prevent her aging mother from being institutionalized and instead sought community care options.
  • He was institutionalized for a short time after attempting to take his own life.
  • The family reluctantly decided that their loved one needed to be institutionalized to protect him from harming himself.
  • After multiple failed attempts to treat her condition at home, they had to institutionalize her in a specialized care facility.

Synonyms

  • Commit
  • Charge
  • Institutionalise
  • Send

Hypernyms

  • Transfer

Hyponyms

  • Hospitalize

Related Words

  • Institution (noun)
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