Institutionalized (song)
WordNet
adjective
(1) Officially placed in or committed to a specialized institution
"Had hopes of rehabilitating the institutionalized juvenile delinquents"
(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"
WiktionaryText
Adjective
- of or relating to something that has been established as an institution
- It is very difficult to get bureaucracies to abandon their institutionalized practices.
- of or relating to someone who has been committed to an institution, such as a prison or an insane asylum
- Once a potential employer learns that you've been institutionalized, you can forget about getting the job.