institutionalize
Establish as standard
To institutionalize is to establish something as a standard practice or make it part of an organized system: The company institutionalized annual reviews.
It also means to place someone in an institution—typically a psychiatric facility or long-term care home: After her breakdown, the family had her institutionalized.
More broadly, institutionalized describes people or practices shaped by prolonged exposure to institutional life, often implying dependence or rigidity.
Organize into formal rules
- enactPass into law
- legislateMake official rules
- ratifyFormally confirm agreement
- establishCreate formally, permanently
legitimize · enshrine · constitutionalize · charter · authorize · mandate · decree · sanction
Shelter from persecution
- psychiatricOf mental health treatment
- hospitalizeSend to medical facility
- sanatoriumFacility for prolonged recovery
- wardProtected person; division
patient · treatment · facility · admission · confinement · custody · sectioned · committed
Related to organization management
- proceduralFollowing set steps
- governmentalOf or relating to authority
- officialdomCollective administrative authorities
- hierarchyRanked authority structure
departments · compliance · organizational · paperwork · regulation · oversight · protocol · policy
Firmly established by habit
- embeddedSet firmly within something
- entrenchedFirmly established, resistant to change
- perpetuateKeep something going indefinitely
- systemicAffecting an entire structure
structural · deep-rooted · self-perpetuating · normalized · habituated · internalized · fixture · endemic
Unjust differential treatment
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
- segregationForced separation by group
- biasUnfair inclination or prejudice
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
marginalization · exclusion · prejudice · apartheid · redlining · disparities · barriers · disenfranchisement
codify
Organize into formal rules
establish · legitimize · enshrine · constitutionalize · charter · authorize · mandate · decree · sanction · systematize
asylum
Shelter from persecution
- psychiatricOf mental health treatment
- hospitalizeSend to medical facility
- sanatoriumFacility for prolonged recovery
ward · patient · treatment · facility · admission · confinement · custody · sectioned · committed · involuntary
administrative
Related to organization management
- proceduralFollowing set steps
- governmentalOf or relating to authority
- officialdomCollective administrative authorities
hierarchy · departments · compliance · organizational · paperwork · regulation · oversight · protocol · policy · agency
ingrained
Firmly established by habit
- embeddedSet firmly within something
- entrenchedFirmly established, resistant to change
- perpetuateKeep something going indefinitely
systemic · structural · deep-rooted · self-perpetuating · normalized · habituated · internalized · fixture · endemic · pervasive
discrimination
Unjust differential treatment
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
- segregationForced separation by group
- biasUnfair inclination or prejudice
oppression · marginalization · exclusion · prejudice · apartheid · redlining · disparities · barriers · disenfranchisement · caste
institutionalizeinformalize
Make less formal
personalize · improvise · decentralize · individualize · ad-lib
institutionalizedeinstitutionalize
Remove from institutional care
abolish · dismantle · disestablish · eliminate · dissolve
- institutionalized racismDiscrimination embedded in organizations
institutionalized, institutionalization, institutionalizing, institutionalizes, institutionalise, institutionalised, institutionalises, institutionalising