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deinstitutionalize

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: D IY2 IH2 N S T IH0 T UW2 SH AH0 N AH0 L AY2 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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verb

Meaning 1

To perform deinstitutionalization upon; to free from an institution or from dependence upon an institution.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h1 Proto-Indo-European *déh1 Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English institutionalize English deinstitutionalize From de- + institutionalize.