- past participle of institutionalize.
- past tense form of institutionalize.
institutionalized
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The words are literally institutionalized, engraved on a bell at the UC Santa Barbara campus.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
District Judge Richard G. Stearns ruled there wasn’t sufficient evidence of ongoing institutionalized racial discrimination at Harvard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 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
“It might actually be worse because there’s nothing institutionalized about any of this.”
From Salon ● May 19, 2026
When these new interests and values are recognized and institutionalized, geek lads may have more status and feel less like aliens in their own schools.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a word