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Institutionalization vs Individualization - What's the difference?

institutionalization | individualization |

As nouns the difference between institutionalization and individualization

is that institutionalization is the process of establishing a practice as a norm while individualization is the act of individualizing; the state of being individualized.

institutionalization

English

Alternative forms

* institutionalisation (Commonwealth )

Noun

(en noun)
  • the process of establishing a practice as a norm
    • The government began the institutionalization of background checks for internet users.
  • the process of committing a person to a facility where their freedom to leave will be restrained, usually a mental hospital
    • The institutionalization of Syd Barrett was a major event in the history of the rock group Pink Floyd.

    Related terms

    * institutionalize, institutionalise

    See also

    * commitment

    individualization

    English

    Alternative forms

    *individualisation

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of individualizing; the state of being individualized.