institutionalization
/ɪnstɪˌtjuːʃ(ə)n(ə)lʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n
/(also institutionalisation)
noun [mass noun]
1The action of establishing something as a convention or norm in an organization or culture: they remain committed to the institutionalization of democracy...
- He reveals an intense frustration with the institutionalization of semiotics.
- What we are talking about is institutionalization in an art form where the transitory is standard.
- The process of institutionalization is fascinating in architecture—for example, the discipline's insistent move toward a literal translation of metaphor.
2The state of being placed or kept in a residential institution: people with a history of long-term institutionalization...
- His institutionalization reveals that his violence is attributable to his mental deficiencies.
- The recommendation was institutionalization, but after two years, Ms. Williams brought her home, determined that she should live as normal a life as possible.
- In addition to the emotional toll on young people, the cost of institutionalization is prohibitive: as much as $200,000 per child, per year.
2.1Harmful effects such as apathy and loss of independence arising from spending a long time in an institution: a perceptive report worried that J was at risk of institutionalization...
- There was also the matter of my several years living in homeless shelters that caused a form of institutionalization to set in.
- The ordinary adaptive process of institutionalization has become extraordinarily prolonged and intense.
- The term "institutionalization" is used to describe the process by which inmates are shaped and transformed by the institutional environments in which they live.