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in·sti·tu·tion·al·ize
(ĭn′stĭ-to͞o′shə-nə-līz′, -tyo͞o′-)tr.v. in·sti·tu·tion·al·ized, in·sti·tu·tion·al·iz·ing, in·sti·tu·tion·al·iz·es
1. To make into, treat as, or give the character of an institution to: "The Irish institutionalized their language, requiring it on official documents" (Mark Abley).
2. To place (a person) in the care of an institution.
in′sti·tu′tion·al·i·za′tion (-lĭ-zā′shən) n.
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institutionalized
(ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃənəˌlaɪzd) orinstitutionalised
adj
placed in an institution, esp a mental or penal institution or a children's home or home for the elderlyestablished as an institution, custom, or common practice
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| Adj. | 1. | institutionalized - officially placed in or committed to a specialized institution; "had hopes of rehabilitating the institutionalized juvenile delinquents" noninstitutionalised, noninstitutionalized - not committed to an institution |
| 2. | institutionalized - given the character of an institution or incorporated into a structured and usually well-established system; "institutionalized graft"; "institutionalized suicide as practiced in Japan" institutional - organized as or forming an institution; "institutional religion" |
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institutionalized
[ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃənəˌlaɪzd] ADJ1. (= living in an institution) institutionalized elderly people → personas fpl mayores internadas en residencias
institutionalized children → niños mpl que están bajo la custodia
institutionalized mental patients → enfermos mpl mentales ingresados en una institución
institutionalized children → niños mpl que están bajo la custodia
institutionalized mental patients → enfermos mpl mentales ingresados en una institución
2. (= affected by living in an institution) to become institutionalized (Psych) habituarse al régimen de vida de un hospital, una cárcel u otra institución de forma que se convierte en un modo de vida
3. (= established) [custom, practice, value] → institucionalizado
to become institutionalized → institucionalizarse
homelessness is becoming institutionalized → el hecho de que exista gente sin hogar se está institucionalizando
to become institutionalized → institucionalizarse
homelessness is becoming institutionalized → el hecho de que exista gente sin hogar se está institucionalizando
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
institutionalized
adj
person → in einer Anstalt untergebracht; to become institutionalized (Psych) → sich an das Anstaltsleben gewöhnen
(= organized, established) religion, racism, system → institutionalisiert; homelessness and destitution are becoming institutionalized here → Obdachlosigkeit und Elend werden hier zur Norm
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
institutionalized
[ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃnəˌlaɪzd] adja. (procedure, religion) → istituzionalizzato/a
b. (pej) the prisoner had become institutionalized → il detenuto era incapace di provvedere a se stesso a causa della lunga permanenza in carcere
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
institutionalized
adj institucionalizadoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.