Institutionalize vs Institutionalized - What's the difference?
institutionalize | institutionalized |
to establish as a normal practice
to commit a person to confinement in an institution
(institutionalize)
of or relating to something that has been established as an institution
of or relating to someone who has been committed to an institution, such as a prison or an insane asylum
As verbs the difference between institutionalize and institutionalized
is that institutionalize is to establish as a normal practice while institutionalized is (institutionalize).As an adjective institutionalized is
of or relating to something that has been established as an institution.institutionalize
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Alternative forms
*institutionalise (Commonwealth)Verb
(en-verb)Derived terms
* institutionalizationinstitutionalized
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Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- It is very difficult to get bureaucracies to abandon their institutionalized practices.
- Once a potential employer learns that you've been institutionalized , you can forget about getting the job.
