Reference meaning
institutionalization
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The process of establishing a practice as a norm.
Other meanings
2. noun
The process of committing a person to a facility where their freedom to leave will be restrained, usually a mental hospital.
3. noun
The presence of social deficits or disabilities as a result of a long period spent in a prison, mental hospitals, etc.
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