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.
is internalizing
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present progressiveof internalize (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The heart-eating scene is highly symbolic to the Dothraki, but it also is to Dany: she is internalizing her adopted culture.
From Time ● May 23, 2011
