Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense internalizes, present participle internalizing, past tense, past participle internalizedregional note: in BRIT, also use internalise
verb
If you internalize something such as a belief or a set of values, you make it become part of your attitude or way of thinking.
[formal]
Over time she internalized her parents' attitudes. [VERB noun]
...a social order which depends on internalized feelings of what is right and wrong. [VERB-ed]
internalization (ɪntɜːʳnəlaɪzeɪʃən)uncountable noun [usually with poss]
...my internalisation of hatred, disgust and fear. [+ of]
internalize in British English
or internalise (ɪnˈtɜːnəˌlaɪz)
verb
(transitive) psychology, sociology
to make internal, esp to incorporate within oneself (values, attitudes, etc) through learning or socialization
Also: interiorize. Compare introject
Derived forms
internalization (inˌternaliˈzation) or internalisation (inˌternaliˈsation)
noun
internalize in American English
(ɪnˈtɜrnəlˌaɪz)
verb transitiveWord forms: inˈternalˌized or inˈternalˌizing
to make internal; interiorize; specif., to make (others', esp. the prevailing, attitudes, ideas, norms, etc.) a part of one's own patterns of thinking