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institutionalization
[ in-sti-too-shuh-nl-ahy-zey-shuhn, -tyoo- ]
noun
- the act or process of establishing a group, movement, program, etc., as a permanent and publicly recognized entity for the promotion of a particular cause:
The study measures the level of institutionalization of 28 African political parties based on four dimensions: roots in society, level of organization, autonomy, and coherence.
The introduction of clearly designated offices of leadership, like elders and bishops, marked a growing institutionalization of the church.
- the process of making a principle or pattern of behavior into a normative policy or practice perpetuated in public establishments such as schools, courts, legislative bodies, etc.:
We are committed to the institutionalization of racial and gender equality.
- the act or practice of placing a person into a care facility, as for elderly people or those with mental illness, addiction, disabilities, etc.:
The downside is that institutionalization severely limits a person's ability to interact with family and friends, to work, and to participate in community life.
Other 51Թ Forms
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51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
The third piece of the Cicero platform is to expand civil commitment laws, which permit the involuntary hospitalization or institutionalization of people with mental illnesses.
On Sunday, several lawmakers from Yoon’s conservative People Power Party attended a rally held by Jeon Kwang-hoon, an ultraconservative pastor who has stirred controversy for demonizing Muslims and advocating the institutionalization of gay people.
Whereas Newsom has sought to expand community-based treatment, Trump has promised a return to institutionalization and suggested that homeless people and those with severe behavioral health conditions be moved to “large parcels of inexpensive land.”
They include more aggressive policing, less funding for some low-income housing and shelter programs, a return to forced institutionalization of people with substance and mental health problems and an end to the national strategy that seeks to house people without imposing conditions such as sobriety, mental health treatment or participation in religious-based treatment programs.
I would support any effort toward stronger institutionalization of services — health services, mental health care, job training, post-incarceration care — separate from the criminal justice system.
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