institutionalization

Alternative forms

 * (Commonwealth)

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) the process of establishing a practice as a norm
 * The government began the institutionalization of background checks for internet users.
 * 1) the process of committing a person to a facility where their freedom to leave will be restrained, usually a mental hospital
 * The institutionalization of Syd Barrett was a major event in the history of the rock group Pink Floyd.

Translations

 * Catalan: institucionalització
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German: Institutionalisierung
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese: institucionalização
 * Spanish: institucionalización
 * Ukrainian: інституціоналіза́ція