deinstitutionalization

Meaning

Noun

  • the process of abolishing a practice that has been considered a norm
  • the process of releasing a person from a facility where their freedom to leave has been restrained
  • the process of reducing a person's dependence on an institutional environment

Origin

Modern English dictionary

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