institutionalization

About 1.51 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The process of establishing a practice as a norm.

   The government began the institutionalization of background checks for internet users.

2. noun 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.

3. noun The presence of social deficits or disabilities as a result of a long period spent in a prison, mental hospitals, etc.

Similar words

institutionalisation institution institutional establishment incorporation formalisation formalization mainstreaming systematic implementation

Often followed by

of and in is as was for or process