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deinstitutionalize

(also deinstitutionalise)
Definition of deinstitutionalize

verb

[with object]
  • discharge (a long-term inmate) from an institution such as a psychiatric hospital or prison: the changes aim to deinstitutionalize mentally ill people (as adjective deinstitutionalized)the deinstitutionalized mentally ill

Derivatives

deinstitutionalization

noun

deinstitutionalize in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of deinstitutionalize in the US English dictionary