- past tense form of institutionalize.
- past participle of institutionalize.
institutionalized
Example Sentences
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The words are literally institutionalized, engraved on a bell at the UC Santa Barbara campus.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Those are surely factors, but what we are witnessing is a legal show trial, acting out institutionalized vengeance toward a mother who was severely and obviously mentally ill, something on which both sides agree.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
“Resurrectionists” – body snatchers – exhumed the recently buried, disproportionately targeting the poor, the institutionalized and those without family protection or the financial means to guard graves.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 21, 2026
Without such unpaid family support, older adults would go without care or end up in institutionalized care, which would further burden the healthcare system and public programs like Medicaid.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 26, 2026
He was still involved with the legal system and was always under the threat of being institutionalized again if somebody bothered to check on him.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
