institutionalized
adjective
1. officially placed in or committed to a specialized institution
- had hopes of rehabilitating the institutionalized juvenile delinquents
Similar word(s): institutionalised
2. given the character of an institution or incorporated into a structured and usually well-established system
- institutionalized graft
- institutionalized suicide as practiced in Japan
Similar word(s): institutional, institutionalised
Sentences with institutionalized as an adjective:
- It is very difficult to get bureaucracies to abandon their institutionalized practices.
- Once a potential employer learns that you've been institutionalized, you can forget about getting the job.
verb
1. simple past tense and past participle of institutionalize