From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishinstitutionalizein‧sti‧tu‧tion‧al‧ize (also institutionalise British English) /ˌɪnstəˈtjuːʃənəlaɪz $ -ˈtuː-/ verb [transitive] 1 MHSS old-fashioned to put someone in an institution for old people, a mental hospital etc2 to make something a normal accepted part of a social system or organization the struggle to institutionalize equality for women→ See Verb table
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institutionalize• What NAFTA did was institutionalize the economic reforms. 