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Adjective institutionalized has 2 senses

institutionalized, institutionalised - officially placed in or committed to a specialized institution; "had hopes of rehabilitating the institutionalized juvenile delinquents"
Antonyms: noninstitutionalized, noninstitutionalised
institutionalized, institutionalised - given the character of an institution or incorporated into a structured and usually well-established system; "institutionalized graft"; "institutionalized suicide as practiced in Japan"
Antonym: noninstitutional (indirect, via institutional)

Verb institutionalize has 1 sense

commit, institutionalize, institutionalise, send, charge - cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"
--₁ is one way to transfer

Derived form: noun institution₅
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody PP