institutionalizedadjective
mainly disapproving UK usually institutionalised uk/ˌɪn.stɪˈtʃuː.ʃən.ə.laɪzd/us/ˌɪn.stəˈtuː.ʃən.ə.laɪzd/If someone becomes institutionalized, they gradually become less able to think and act independently, because of having lived for a long time under the rules of an institution:
We need to avoid long-stay patients in the hospital becoming institutionalized.
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