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deinstitutionalise

deinstitutionalise is the alternative spelling of deinstitutionalize.

Meaning of deinstitutionalize

Verb

deinstitutionalize (third-person singular simple present deinstitutionalizes, present participle deinstitutionalizing, simple past and past participle deinstitutionalized)

  1. (transitive) To perform deinstitutionalization upon; to free from an institution or from dependence upon an institution.

Forms of deinstitutionalise

third-person singular presentdeinstitutionalises
present participledeinstitutionalising
past participledeinstitutionalised
pastdeinstitutionalised

Questions about deinstitutionalise

What is deinstitutionalise the alternative spelling of?
Deinstitutionalise is the alternative spelling of deinstitutionalize.

Words near deinstitutionalise in the dictionary

  1. deinstallations
  2. deinstalled
  3. deinstalling
  4. deinstalls
  5. deinstitutionalisation
  6. deinstitutionalise
  7. deinstitutionalised
  8. deinstitutionalises
  9. deinstitutionalising
  10. deinstitutionalization
  11. deinstitutionalizations

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