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institutionalize

/ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃənəˌlaɪz/

institutionalize verb: to establish as a normal practice.

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.

institutionalize meaning in Bengali and Tagalog

institutionalize in Bengali

প্রাতিষ্ঠানিক রূপ দেওয়া, প্রতিষ্ঠানে রাখা

institutionalize in Tagalog

to establish as a normal practice
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Forms of institutionalize

third-person singular presentinstitutionalizes
present participleinstitutionalizing
past participleinstitutionalized
pastinstitutionalized
alternative forminstitutionalise

Past tense of institutionalize: institutionalized

Origin of institutionalize

From institutional + -ize.

Words formed from institutionalize

Questions about institutionalize

What does institutionalize mean?
Institutionalize means to establish as a normal practice.
What is institutionalize in Bengali?
Institutionalize in Bengali is প্রাতিষ্ঠানিক রূপ দেওয়া, প্রতিষ্ঠানে রাখা. See Institutionalize meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is institutionalize?
Institutionalize is a verb.
How do you pronounce institutionalize?
Institutionalize is pronounced /ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃənəˌlaɪz/.
What is the past tense of institutionalize?
The past tense of institutionalize is institutionalized.

Words near institutionalize in the dictionary

  1. institutionality
  2. institutionalizability
  3. institutionalizable
  4. institutionalization
  5. institutionalizations
  6. institutionalize
  7. institutionalized
  8. institutionalizer
  9. institutionalizers
  10. institutionalizes
  11. institutionalizing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: institutionalize (page history and authors); institutionalize (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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