reinstitutionalize

verb

To institutionalize again or anew.

OriginEnglish institutionalize ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Middle English re- →
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Meanings

verbreinstitutionalize (third-person singular simple present reinstitutionalizes, present participle reinstitutionalizing, simple past and past participle reinstitutionalized)

present singular third person reinstitutionalizes · participle present reinstitutionalizing · participle past reinstitutionalized · past reinstitutionalized

  1. transitiveTo institutionalize again or anew.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishinstitution
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  9. Englishinstitutional
  10. Englishinstitutionalize
  11. Englishreinstitutionalize

From re- + institutionalize.

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APA

reinstitutionalize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reinstitutionalize

MLA

“reinstitutionalize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reinstitutionalize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reinstitutionalize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reinstitutionalize.

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