institutionalise
Establish as standard
To institutionalise is to establish something as a standard practice or norm within an organization or society: The company institutionalised flexible working hours.
It can also mean to place someone in an institution, particularly a psychiatric facility or care home: After years of decline, she was institutionalised.
Someone who has been institutionalised for a long time may become dependent on institutional routines, unable to function independently.
British spelling of institutionalize.
Make official or systematic
- codifyOrganize into formal rules
- regulateControl by rules
- administerManage or dispense
- systematizeArrange into ordered structure
standardize · paperwork · compliance · governance · regulatory · administrative · protocol · documentation
Fix within surrounding material
- ingrainFix deeply, permanently
- entrenchFix firmly in place
- cementCalcium powder binding agent
- solidifyMake or become hard
perpetuate · normalize · root · anchor · implant · deep-seated · ossify · fossilize
Discovered or established
- charterFounding organizational document
- incorporateAbsorb into something larger
- endowProvide with lasting funds
- inaugurateBegin officially, with ceremony
launch · constitute · enact · sanction · authorize · ratify · legitimize · ordain
Restrict to boundaries
- hospitalizeSend to medical facility
- admitConfess or grant entry
- commitBind to a course
- detainHold in custody
section · certify · asylum · psychiatric · involuntary · custodial · ward · treatment
formalize
Make official or systematic
- codifyOrganize into formal rules
- regulateControl by rules
- administerManage or dispense
systematize · standardize · paperwork · compliance · governance · regulatory · administrative · protocol · documentation · oversight
embed
Fix within surrounding material
solidify · perpetuate · normalize · root · anchor · implant · deep-seated · ossify · fossilize · crystallize
found
Discovered or established
- charterFounding organizational document
- incorporateAbsorb into something larger
- endowProvide with lasting funds
inaugurate · launch · constitute · enact · sanction · authorize · ratify · legitimize · ordain · pioneer
confine
Restrict to boundaries
- hospitalizeSend to medical facility
- admitConfess or grant entry
- commitBind to a course
detain · section · certify · asylum · psychiatric · involuntary · custodial · ward · treatment · patient
institutionaliseimprovise
Perform without preparation
informalize · personalise · ad-hoc · individualize · decentralize
institutionalisedeinstitutionalise
Remove from institutional settings
release · discharge · free · liberate · mainstream
institutionaliseabolish
Officially end a practice
dismantle · deinstitutionalise · eliminate · disestablish · dissolve
- institutionalized racismDiscrimination embedded in organizations
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