Meaning

5 senses
  1. (British, English, Oxford, US, transitive)To make something internal; to incorporate it in oneself.

    verinnerlichen, internalisieren

    перенима́тьperenimátʹ, переня́тьperenjátʹ, усва́иватьusváivatʹ

    incorporate within oneself; make subjective or personal

  2. To make something internal; to incorporate it in oneself.

    (British, English, Oxford, US, transitive)To process new information in one's mind.

  3. (British, English, Oxford, US, transitive)To refrain from expressing (a negative emotion), to one's psychological detriment; to bottle up.

  4. (British, English, Oxford, US, transitive)To store (a string or other structure) in a shared pool, such that subsequent items with the same value can share the same instance.

  5. (British, English, Oxford, US)To transfer stocks between brokers within an organization, rather than through the exchange.

Examples

13 sentences
  1. Cultural cringe is an internalized inferiority complex.

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  2. It's a shame the way he internalizes homophobia.

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  3. It's no good to internalize such self-degrading thoughts.

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  4. This child internalizes his emotions and does not express them.

    deDieses Kind frisst seine Emotionen in sich hinein und drückt sie nicht aus.

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  5. He always internalizes every unpleasant thing people say to him.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
make something internal:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
make something internal:

Forms

internalizes, internalizing, internalized, internalized
Base forminternalize · to internalize
3rd person singularinternalizes
Present participleinternalizing
Past simpleinternalized
Past participleinternalized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyinternalize
he, she, itinternalizes

Past simpleLesson

all personsinternalized

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave internalized
he, she, ithas internalized

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill internalize

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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