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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. officially placed in or committed to a specialized institution;
- Example: "had hopes of rehabilitating the institutionalized juvenile delinquents"
[syn: institutionalized, institutionalised]

2. given the character of an institution or incorporated into a structured and usually well-established system;
- Example: "institutionalized graft"
- Example: "institutionalized suicide as practiced in Japan"
[syn: institutionalized, institutionalised]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

institutionalized
    adj 1: officially placed in or committed to a specialized
           institution; "had hopes of rehabilitating the
           institutionalized juvenile delinquents" [syn:
           institutionalized, institutionalised] [ant:
           noninstitutionalised, noninstitutionalized]
    2: given the character of an institution or incorporated into a
       structured and usually well-established system;
       "institutionalized graft"; "institutionalized suicide as
       practiced in Japan" [syn: institutionalized,
       institutionalised]