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.
have internalized
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present perfectof internalize.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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It’s not shameful to fight, an idea many of us have internalized, she says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
China’s AI labs have internalized this lesson with remarkable discipline.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Yet CEOs seemed to have internalized that critique in varied ways.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 11, 2026
I think he is part of their identity at this point, that they have internalized him to the point that he can't be ripped away.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2023
I think it has a lot to do with gendered scripts that people have internalized.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 9, 2023
