pemasyarakatan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixation of masyarakat +‎ peng- -an. Introduced in Konferensi Nasional Kepenjaraan in 1964 to replace kepenjaraan

Noun

pemasyarakatan (uncountable)

  1. (law, law enforcement) socialization, socialisation: the process of learning how to live in a way acceptable to one's own society
    Synonym: sosialisasi
  2. institutionalisation, institutionalization:
    1. The process of establishing a practice as a norm.
    2. The process of committing a person to a facility where their freedom to leave will be restrained.

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