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Institutionalization

Noun

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1.NounThe process of establishing a practice as a norm.
"The government began the institutionalization of background checks for internet users."
2.NounThe 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."
3.NounThe presence of social deficits or disabilities as a result of a long period spent in a prison, mental hospitals, etc.
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