officially placed in or committed to a specialized institution(a)

Synonyms: institutionalised institutionalized

Examples: had hopes of rehabilitating the institutionalized juvenile delinquents

Antonyms: noninstitutionalised noninstitutionalized

given the character of an institution or incorporated into a structured and usually well-established system(a)

Synonyms: institutionalised institutionalized

Examples: institutionalized graft institutionalized suicide as practiced in Japan

Similar: institutional