internalize

//ɪnˈtɜːnəlaɪz//
C1Frequency Level 11Formal
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Verb

internalizeInfinitive
internalizePresent tense
internalizedPast tense
internalizedPast participle
internalizingPresent participle
internalizesThird-person singular
1

To make attitudes, behaviors, or beliefs part of one's own nature by learning or unconscious assimilation.

Children internalize the values they learn from their parents.

2

To incorporate external ideas, values, or standards into one's own thinking or personality.

Children internalize the values they learn from their parents.

3

(Psychology) To adopt external social or cultural norms as one's own internal standards.

Children internalize the values and beliefs of their parents during early development.

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