单词 | institutionalize |
释义 | institutionalizev. a. transitive. To render institutional; to convert into or treat as an institution. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > types of association, society, or organization > [verb (transitive)] > render institutional institutionalize1865 institutionize1903 1865 R. H. Hutton in Pall Mall Gaz. 20 Feb. 1 He moralizes finance and commerce, and..institutionalizes ethics and faith. 1893 Age (Melbourne) 25 Nov. The Japanese, who institutionalise the social evil, could hardly agree with the Puritans. 1952 W. J. H. Sprott Social Psychol. ix. 187 In some simple societies it [sc. homosexuality]..is institutionalized;..those showing a persistent preference for their own sex are given a special position. 1971 A. Quinton in A. Bullock 20th Cent. 261/2 Marxism, institutionalized in the Communist world, has developed in a direction precisely opposite to the one he hoped for. b. To house, train, or bring up in an institution; to subject (a person) to institutional life. In passive, to show signs of the influence of institutional life. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > providing with dwelling > [verb (transitive)] > in institution institutionalize1905 to put away1938 warehouse1972 1905 J. Burns in Daily Chron. 1 Dec. 4/4 He has been ‘institutionalised’, and I never yet knew the average man survive that pauperising ordeal. 1949 M. Mead Male & Female x. 204 Our techniques for diagnosing or institutionalizing the criminally insane are inadequate. 1959 B. Wootton Social Sci. & Social Pathol. iii. 119 In which either a parent had been permanently institutionalized or the child concerned had been sent to live with relatives. 1969 Daily Tel. 3 May 21/8 Because he was hopelessly institutionalised he was unable to look after himself when free. 1970 G. F. Newman Sir, You Bastard v. 150 Sneed's doctor was sympathetic to his views, and thought the best plan was to put the child in an institution and have another. He offered to go and see Angie and help Sneed to institutionalize the infant. 1971 Oxf. Times 15 Oct. 1/9 [He] had been in approved schools, prison and mental hospitals for much of his life and had become ‘institutionalised’. c. Linguistics. Usually in past participle or as participial adjective: recognized or accepted by the speech community. ΚΠ 1949 J. R. Firth in Trans. Philol. Soc. 1948 128 It is especially helpful that there are things called English words and Arabic words..; indeed, English words and Classical Arabic words are firmly institutionalized. 1961 Y. Olsson On Syntax Eng. Verb ii. 24 Punctuation..and spacing..mark off units which are institutionalized, that is to say, recognized by the speech community. 1962 Listener 27 Sept. 467/2 Both in grammar and vocabulary Pidgin has deeply engrained distinctive features which are quite institutionalized, as we say. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < v.1865 |
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