institutionalized

IPA: ɪnstɪtˈuʃʌnʌɫaɪzd

Having been established as an institution.
Having been committed to an institution, such as a prison or an insane asylum.
(psychology) Having become dependent after a long time in, and unable to function outside of an institution, especially a prison.

Examples of "institutionalized" in Sentences

Given all of these examples, what are you calling institutionalized racism?
"It's heartbreaking," she said of the trend, which she classified as institutionalized racism.
They are also stabilized when they allow what Merton 1957: 318 called institutionalized evasions.
That we put the unlucky, emotionally stunted, brain-damaged and sociopathic of us in institutionalized hell on earth is a test for the rest of us.
They couldn’t have dreamed up a better ‘marketing package’ than torture, institutionalized from the Pres and VP through their acolytes at DoJ — with Yoo a key player.
The behaviors learned and shaped in institutionalized living and/or in foster care placement, as well as those which result due to a major disruption in life, require special attention.
It is a pathetic sight to travel through Russia and some of the East European countries -- everywhere there is decay and poverty and people that have been institutionalized from the cradle to the coffin.
And social sanctions, which can be described as institutionalized moral suasion, are possibly even more important than legal sanctions in promoting healthy economic activity, as well as healthy sexual activity.
If the status of Quebec as a political minority is once again institutionalized, while complicating the system more than ever, by the same token we would also make recrimination, political blackmail and constant vetoes a permanent feature of our affairs.