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Meaning of INSTITUTIONALIZED

Pronunciation:  `instut'ooshunulIzd

 
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 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  officially placed in or committed to a specialized institution; "had hopes of rehabilitating the institutionalized juvenile delinquents"
  2. [adj]  given the character of an institution or incorporated into a structured and usually well-established system; "institutionalized graft"; "institutionalized suicide as practiced in Japan"
 

INSTITUTIONALIZED is a 17 letter word that starts with I.

 

 Synonyms: institutional, institutionalised
 
 Antonyms: noninstitutionalised, noninstitutionalized
 

 

 

 

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