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in‧sti‧tu‧tion‧al‧ized also institutionalised British English

1 institutionalized attitudes and behaviour have existed for a long time in an organization and have become accepted as normal even though they are bad
2 someone who has become institutionalized has lived for a long time in a prison, mental hospital etc and now cannot easily live outside one
3 forming part of a society or system :
institutionalised democracy
institutionalised democracy



