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What does deinstitutionalize mean?

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  1. (transitive) To perform deinstitutionalization upon; to free from an institution or from dependence upon an institution.
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If these relationships feature some stability, they are nevertheless dynamic because they are constantly the object of politicalwork in order to institutionalize, deinstitutionalize or reinstitutionalize them.
First, beginning in the early 1970s, concerted efforts were made at the federal and state levels to deinstitutionalize status offenders.
With its power to suppress social meanings, however, the law can radically change and even deinstitutionalize man-woman marriage.
So there's definitely been a move in the Legislature over the last two sessions to deinstitutionalize kids, to divert them to community-based programs.
Santiago del Estero Province: Its prime objective is to deinstitutionalize children who have been interned in macro-institutes and to return them to their community and family environment.
The overall objective was to increase the number of smaller, family-style care homes in an effort to deinstitutionalize the country as a whole.

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