pemasyarakatan
Indonesian
Etymology
Affixation of masyarakat + peng- -an. Introduced in Konferensi Nasional Kepenjaraan in 1964 to replace kepenjaraan
Noun
pemasyarakatan (uncountable)
- (law, law enforcement) socialization, socialisation: the process of learning how to live in a way acceptable to one's own society
- Synonym: sosialisasi
- institutionalisation, institutionalization:
- The process of establishing a practice as a norm.
- The process of committing a person to a facility where their freedom to leave will be restrained.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- lembaga pemasyarakatan
- pemasyarakatan kembali
- pemasyarakatan politik
- psikolog lembaga pemasyarakatan
Further reading
- “pemasyarakatan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.