Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb institutionalise

1 sense of institutionalise

Sense 1
commit, institutionalize, institutionalise, send, charge -- (cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison")
       => transfer -- (move from one place to another; "transfer the data"; "transmit the news"; "transfer the patient to another hospital")

Antonyms of adj institutionalised

2 senses of institutionalised

Sense 1
institutionalized (vs. noninstitutionalized), institutionalised -- (officially placed in or committed to a specialized institution; "had hopes of rehabilitating the institutionalized juvenile delinquents")


Sense 2
institutionalized, institutionalised -- (given the character of an institution or incorporated into a structured and usually well-established system; "institutionalized graft"; "institutionalized suicide as practiced in Japan")

INDIRECT (VIA institutional) -> noninstitutional -- (not institutional)

Similarity of adj institutionalised

2 senses of institutionalised

Sense 1
institutionalized (vs. noninstitutionalized), institutionalised -- (officially placed in or committed to a specialized institution; "had hopes of rehabilitating the institutionalized juvenile delinquents")

Sense 2
institutionalized, institutionalised -- (given the character of an institution or incorporated into a structured and usually well-established system; "institutionalized graft"; "institutionalized suicide as practiced in Japan")
       => institutional (vs. noninstitutional) -- (organized as or forming an institution; "institutional religion")

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