internalize
verb (used with object)
to incorporate (the cultural values, mores, motives, etc., of another or of a group), as through learning, socialization, or identification.
had internalized
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past perfectof internalize.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Here was my opportunity to show that I had internalized early lessons; to demonstrate my resolve.
From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025
I guess I had internalized that because I was thinking for two years, ‘Nobody wants to hear this story.’
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 11, 2023
Truthfully, I was afraid of enrolling because I still believed the lie that I had internalized for so many years: that I was not smart enough to ever have academic success.
From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2023
I somehow had internalized this idea of the Diane Keaton in "Something's Gotta Give."
From Salon ● May 6, 2022
It lacked the lyrical eloquence and the floating optimism of the Jeffersonian version because it was grounded in the palpable sense of contingency Adams had internalized over his long career.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
