Abolish vs Deinstitutionalization - What's the difference?
abolish | deinstitutionalization |
To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice.
* 2002', William Schabas, ''The '''abolition of the death penalty in international law (Cambridge University Press):
(archaic) To put an end to or destroy, as a physical object; to wipe out.
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the process of abolishing a practice that has been considered a norm
the process of releasing a person from a facility where their freedom to leave has been restrained
the process of reducing a person's dependence on an institutional environment
As a verb abolish
is to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice .As a noun deinstitutionalization is
the process of abolishing a practice that has been considered a norm.abolish
English
Verb
(es)- Slavery was abolished in the nineteenth century.
- And with thy blood abolish so reproachful blot.
- His quick instinctive hand Caught at the hilt, as to abolish him.
Synonyms
* abrogate, annul, cancel, dissolve, nullify, repeal, revokeAntonyms
* establish, foundReferences
deinstitutionalization
English
Noun
(en-noun)- The government began the deinstitutionalization of background checks for certain Federal jobs.
- The deinstitutionalization of minor offenders helps reduce prison overcrowding.
- After thirty years in the asylum, deinstitutionalization would present many problems.