Institution
Institution noun - A place where insane people are cared for.
Usage example: their father was committed to an institution after his mental health began to rapidly deteriorate
Sanatorium and institution are semantically related in asylum topic. In some cases you can use "Sanatorium" instead a noun "Institution".
Sanatorium
Sanatorium noun - Pejorative terms for an insane asylum.
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Institution and sanatorium are semantically related in asylum topic. Sometimes you can use "Institution" instead a noun "Sanatorium", if it concerns topics such as hospital, psychiatric hospital, place where ill.
Nearby Word: sanatory
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The page image is from the 1973 Polish film The Hourglass Sanatorium, in which the protagonist visits the eponymous institution and learns it is falling into neglected ruin.
Source: Cobweb of Disuse -
In Bruno Schulz's story, "The Sanatorium at the Sign of the Hourglass", the narrator travels to such an institution, where time has been set back and his dead father is, more or less, alive again.
Source: Abandoned Hospital
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