to institutionalise

(verb): to scholarly define using a complicated, convoluted vocabulary) a word or concept in order to manipulate the politically passive and/or ignorant masses of our mediacratic society.

N.B: not to be confused under any circumstances with the verb to institutionalize, i.e to stow away, under lock and key, someone in an (in most cases mental or penal) institution !

boy: father, what is Communism?

father: it's a scholarly term. As far as scholarly terms are concerned, even if you are a pundit, any one can, in our own mediacracy, try to institutionalise any term they want.

boy: So Karl Marx was the first to institutionalise the term communism?

father: yes.

to institutionalise by Uncle Dimma March 9, 2013

to institutionalize 

(verb): to scholarly define a word or concept in order to manipulate to your political advantage the ignorant masses.

boy: father, what is xenophobia? I found in internet chat room

father: I don't know, but it sounds like a scholarly term. Maybe we should try to institutionalize it and use it to manipulate the ignorant masses. What du think?

boy: I'll ask at the Political Science department of Mcgill University. Maybe they could help me there?

father: sounds like a plan to me.

to institutionalize by Uncle Dimma May 28, 2012

to institutionalize 

a) (archaic): to forcibly or legally confine someone to 'an institution', often a mental health hospital, a prison or an orphanage

b) (more modern) (verb): to scholarly define- thus making it a part of our political, legal, judicial, social or cultural institutions- using a convoluted vocabulary, a simple word or concept in order to politically manipulate the masses.

boy: father, what is Communism?

father: it's a scholarly term. As far as scholarly terms are concerned anyone, even pseudo-intellectuals, can try to institutionalize, definition b), any term they want.

to institutionalize by Uncle Dimma May 27, 2015

to institutionalize 

Verb

A)( archaic): to forcibly or legally place someone in an institution, notably a mental health hospital, a prison or orphanage

B) ( modern): to legally define, in convoluted terms,- and thus make part of scholarly society- very simple concepts solely to manipulate the ignorant masses.

If you want to institutionalize, definition b) any word, you need to work in the media first

to institutionalize by Uncle Dimma May 19, 2017