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transinstitutionalization

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

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noun

Meaning 1

The relocation of one or more people from one type of institutional facility to another (for example from a residential psychiatric hospital to a prison, a general hospital, or a nursing home), either intentionally (as a planned transfer) or as a side effect of another decision (such as a governmental decision to close residential mental hospitals).

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Usage: uncountable

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Etymology

From trans- + institutionalization.