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institutionalized

adjective

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Wiktionary

adj

  1. Having been established as an institution.

    It is very difficult to get bureaucracies to abandon their institutionalized practices.

  2. Having been committed to an institution, such as a prison or an insane asylum.

    Once a potential employer learns that you've been institutionalized, you can forget about getting the job.

  3. Having become dependent after a long time in, and unable to function outside of an institution, especially a prison.

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of institutionalize