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overinstitutionalize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
overin-sti-tu-tion-al-ize
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To institutionalize excessively.

Transitive verb

Etymology

From over- + institutionalize.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

overinstitutionalizes (present, singular) overinstitutionalizing (participle, present) overinstitutionalized (participle, past) overinstitutionalized (past)

Questions

What does overinstitutionalize mean?
To institutionalize excessively.
Where does overinstitutionalize come from?
From over- + institutionalize.

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