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overinstitutionalize

overinstitutionalize verb: to institutionalize excessively.

Verb

overinstitutionalize (third-person singular simple present overinstitutionalizes, present participle overinstitutionalizing, simple past and past participle overinstitutionalized)

  1. (transitive) To institutionalize excessively.

Forms of overinstitutionalize

third-person singular presentoverinstitutionalizes
present participleoverinstitutionalizing
past participleoverinstitutionalized
pastoverinstitutionalized

Origin of overinstitutionalize

From over- + institutionalize.

Questions about overinstitutionalize

What does overinstitutionalize mean?
Overinstitutionalize means to institutionalize excessively.
What part of speech is overinstitutionalize?
Overinstitutionalize is a verb.
What is the past tense of overinstitutionalize?
The past tense of overinstitutionalize is overinstitutionalized.

Words near overinstitutionalize in the dictionary

  1. overinsistently
  2. overinsisting
  3. overinsists
  4. overinsolent
  5. overinstitutionalization
  6. overinstitutionalize
  7. overinstitutionalized
  8. overinstitutionalizes
  9. overinstitutionalizing
  10. overinstruct
  11. overinstructed

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