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institutionalize

 
Dictionary: in·sti·tu·tion·al·ize   (ĭn'stĭ-tū'shə-nə-līz', -tyū'-) pronunciation
 
tr.v., -ized, -iz·ing, -iz·es.
    1. To make into, treat as, or give the character of an institution to.
    2. To make part of a structured and usually well-established system: a society that has institutionalized injustice.
  1. To place (a person) in the care of an institution.
institutionalization in'sti·tu'tion·al·i·za'tion (-lĭ-zā'shən) n.
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verb

    To place officially in confinement: commit, consign. Informal send up. See free/unfree.

 
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v

To place a person in a health care or custodial facility for psychologic or physical treatment or for the protection of the person or society.

 
Translations: Institutionalize
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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - institutionalisere, anbringe på institution

Nederlands (Dutch)
institutionaliseren, in een inrichting opnemen, officieel maken

Français (French)
v. tr. - institutionnaliser, placer dans un établissement spécialisé, interner

Deutsch (German)
v. - institutionalisieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - θεσμοποιώ, θεσμοθετώ, εγκλείω σε ίδρυμα ή άσυλο (φρενοβλαβών κ.λπ.)

Italiano (Italian)
istituzionalizzare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - institucionalizar

Русский (Russian)
наделять законным статусом, помещать в какое-л. учреждение

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - institucionalizar, reglamentar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - institutionalisera, placera på en anstalt, göra till en institution

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
使成公共团体, 使约定俗成, 使制度化, 将...收容在公共设施里

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使成公共團體, 使約定俗成, 使制度化, 將...收容在公共設施裡

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 공공단체로 만들다, 규정하다, (범죄자 등을)공공시설에 수용하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 公共団体にする, 制度化する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يمأسس, يحول الى مؤسسات‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮מיסד, אישפז‬


 
 

 

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