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institutionalise

institutionalise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of institutionalize.

Meaning of institutionalize

Verb

institutionalize (third-person singular simple present institutionalizes, present participle institutionalizing, simple past and past participle institutionalized)

  1. To establish as a normal practice.
    • Gary Orlando, legislative aid to McDonald, told GCN that the congressman sponsored the bill because "he does not want to institutionalize homosexual acts. We can't use funds to promote, legitimize, or accept this kind of behavior.1980 August 16, Bennett Klein, “House Passes Anti-Gay Clause”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 5, page 6
  2. To commit a person to confinement in an institution.

Forms of institutionalise

third-person singular presentinstitutionalises
present participleinstitutionalising
past participleinstitutionalised
pastinstitutionalised

Words formed from institutionalise

Questions about institutionalise

What is institutionalise the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Institutionalise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of institutionalize.

Words near institutionalise in the dictionary

  1. institutional religions
  2. institutional syndrome
  3. institutionalese
  4. institutionalisation
  5. institutionalisations
  6. institutionalise
  7. institutionalised
  8. institutionaliser
  9. institutionalisers
  10. institutionalises
  11. institutionalising

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Adapted from Wiktionary: institutionalise (page history and authors); institutionalize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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