internalize
verb
in·ter·nal·ize
in-ˈtər-nə-ˌlīz 
internalized; internalizing
: to give a subjective character to
specifically
: to incorporate (values, patterns of culture, etc.) within the self as conscious or subconscious guiding principles through learning or socialization
Examples of internalize in a Sentence
They have internalized their parents' values.
Recent Examples on the Web
For some people, grief was about isolation and internalizing their despair.
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Discover Magazine, 15 Apr. 2024
The overtrained neural network, designed to perform certain mathematical operations, had learned the general structure of the numbers and internalized the result.
—Anil Ananthaswamy, Quanta Magazine, 12 Apr. 2024
Social media has made an impact on the popularity of cosmetic procedures and I, along with many people, began to internalize and create society’s beauty standards.
—Larry Stansbury, Essence, 11 Apr. 2024
After internalizing the fallacy that their hair was inferior, Camille and Taylor learn to embrace their natural hair textures, which includes refining both their wash-day routine and their cocktail of products in ways that suit their curl patterns and porosity.
—The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2024
Using one’s platform to speak on the material reality of the hell that is Gaza today has the potential to yield external shifts and is an amulet against internalizing genocidal propaganda.
—Hazlitt, 6 Mar. 2024
Obviously, this is not an approach to grief that any modern therapist would endorse, which just goes to show how much Alice, for all her talk about going back to work and her tendency to show her knowledge of history, has internalized the stifling attitudes of the time.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Mar. 2024
The conflict that the actor was how much of Vajpayee to mimic and how much to internalize his performance.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Mar. 2024
Please internalize the obvious: None of your questions have any positive effect on the pregnancy itself.
—Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
Discover Magazine, 15 Apr. 2024
The overtrained neural network, designed to perform certain mathematical operations, had learned the general structure of the numbers and internalized the result.
—Anil Ananthaswamy, Quanta Magazine, 12 Apr. 2024
Social media has made an impact on the popularity of cosmetic procedures and I, along with many people, began to internalize and create society’s beauty standards.
—Larry Stansbury, Essence, 11 Apr. 2024
After internalizing the fallacy that their hair was inferior, Camille and Taylor learn to embrace their natural hair textures, which includes refining both their wash-day routine and their cocktail of products in ways that suit their curl patterns and porosity.
—The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2024
Using one’s platform to speak on the material reality of the hell that is Gaza today has the potential to yield external shifts and is an amulet against internalizing genocidal propaganda.
—Hazlitt, 6 Mar. 2024
Obviously, this is not an approach to grief that any modern therapist would endorse, which just goes to show how much Alice, for all her talk about going back to work and her tendency to show her knowledge of history, has internalized the stifling attitudes of the time.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Mar. 2024
The conflict that the actor was how much of Vajpayee to mimic and how much to internalize his performance.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Mar. 2024
Please internalize the obvious: None of your questions have any positive effect on the pregnancy itself.
—Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
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“Internalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/internalize. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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internalize
transitive verb
in·ter·nal·ize
variants
or chiefly British internalise
internalized or chiefly British internalised; internalizing or chiefly British internalising
: to give a subjective character to
specifically
: to incorporate (as values or patterns of culture) within the self as conscious or subconscious guiding principles through learning or socialization
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