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.
internalizes
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present tense formof internalize (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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It is a metaphor for how she internalizes the external gaze and starts self-objectifying.
From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2025
Guided by previous research of spider brains, the scientists uncovered evidence of a "waste canal system" in the human brain that internalizes waste from healthy neurons.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 3, 2024
“Jean-Baptiste plays a woman who doles out misery and also, crucially, internalizes it, giving the character a humanity and sadness that’s absolutely transcendent,” says Glenn Whipp.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2024
He only internalizes the doubt enough to let it fire him up.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2024
So in his family of origin man internalizes ideas of "right-wrong," "appropriate-inappropriate," "expected-unexpected."
From Humanistic Nursing by Josephine G. Paterson
