vverb.possessioncause to be admitted; of persons to an institutionSynset:charge commit institutionalise institutionalize send
Examples:- After the second episode, she had to be committed
- he was committed to prison
Derivationally Related Form:institutioncommitmentcommittal
Hypernyms:transfer
Inherited Hypernyms:committransfermove
Direct Hyponyms:hospitalisehospitalize
Full Troponyms:hospitalize
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody PP
adjadj.allofficially placed in or committed to a specialized institutionSynset:institutionalized
Examples:- had hopes of rehabilitating the institutionalized juvenile delinquents
Antonyms:noninstitutionalized
Inherited Hypernyms:institutionalized
adj satadj.allgiven the character of an institution or incorporated into a structured and usually well-established systemSynset:institutionalized
Examples:- institutionalized graft
- institutionalized suicide as practiced in Japan
Antonyms:noninstitutional
Inherited Hypernyms:institutionalized
Similar to:institutional