Definition of "institutionalized" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of institutionalize. (verb)
• Of or relating to something that has been established as an institution (adjective)
• Of or relating to someone who has been committed to an institution, such as a prison or an insane asylum (adjective)

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• ""It's heartbreaking," she said of the trend, which she classified as institutionalized racism."
• "The behaviors learned and shaped in institutionalized living and/or in foster care placement, as well as those which result due to a major disruption in life, require special attention."
• "That we put the unlucky, emotionally stunted, brain-damaged and sociopathic of us in institutionalized hell on earth is a test for the rest of us."