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Institutionalize vs Institutionalized - What's the difference?

institutionalize | institutionalized |

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

English

Alternative forms

*institutionalise (Commonwealth)

Verb

(en-verb)
  • to establish as a normal practice
  • to commit a person to confinement in an institution
  • Derived terms

    * institutionalization

    institutionalized

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (institutionalize)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • of or relating to something that has been established as an institution
  • It is very difficult to get bureaucracies to abandon their institutionalized practices.
  • of or relating to someone who has been committed to an institution, such as a prison or an insane asylum
  • Once a potential employer learns that you've been institutionalized , you can forget about getting the job.