institutionalized

from 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}]
    

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