English
transinstitutionalization
From trans- + institutionalization.
Formed from trans- + institutionalization
Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- ‘to cross over, pass through, overcome’
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Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts
Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts
Proto-Italic *trāns ‘across, beyond’
Proto-Italic *trāns-
English trans-
Today it means
noun The relocation of one or more people from one type of institutional facility to another (for example from a residential psychiatric hospital to a prison, a general hospital, or a nursing home), either intentionally (as a planned transfer) or as a side effect of another decision (such as a governmental decision to close residential mental hospitals).
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Etymograph / transinstitutionalization