transinstitutionalization
transinstitutionalization noun: the relocation of one or more people from one type of institutional facility to another (for example from a residential psychiatric hospital to a prison, a general hospital, or a nursing home), either intentionally (as a planned transfer) or as a side effect of another decision (such as a governmental decision to close residential mental hospitals).
Noun
transinstitutionalization (uncountable)
- The relocation of one or more people from one type of institutional facility to another (for example from a residential psychiatric hospital to a prison, a general hospital, or a nursing home), either intentionally (as a planned transfer) or as a side effect of another decision (such as a governmental decision to close residential mental hospitals).
Origin of transinstitutionalization
From trans- + institutionalization.
Questions about transinstitutionalization
- What does transinstitutionalization mean?
- Transinstitutionalization means the relocation of one or more people from one type of institutional facility to another (for example from a residential psychiatric hospital to a prison, a general hospital, or a nursing home), either intentionally (as a planned transfer) or as a side effect of another decision (such as a governmental decision to close residential mental hospitals).
- What part of speech is transinstitutionalization?
- Transinstitutionalization is a noun.
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