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Institutionalization vs Legalization - What's the difference?

institutionalization | legalization |

As nouns the difference between institutionalization and legalization

is that institutionalization is the process of establishing a practice as a norm while legalization is the process of making something legal, the process to legalize, decriminalization.

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

    legalization

    English

    Alternative forms

    * legalisation

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The process of making something legal, the process to legalize, decriminalization.
    • The hippies marched for the legalization of marijauna.

    Antonyms

    * illegalization