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institutionalizing

institutionalizing is the present participle and gerund 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.

Questions about institutionalizing

What is institutionalizing the present participle and gerund of?
Institutionalizing is the present participle and gerund of institutionalize.

Words near institutionalizing in the dictionary

  1. institutionalize
  2. institutionalized
  3. institutionalizer
  4. institutionalizers
  5. institutionalizes
  6. institutionalizing
  7. institutionally
  8. institutionals
  9. institutionary
  10. institutionism
  11. institutionize

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