Meaning

2 senses

  1. To unconsciously incorporate into one's psyche.

    incorporate (attitudes or ideas) into one's personality unconsciously

  2. (broadly)To form a headmate from details from another source.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. She introjected her family's ideals and values.

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Translations

2 languages

Origin

Back-formation from introjection.

Back-formation from introjection.

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Forms

introjects, introjecting, introjected, introjected
Base formintroject · to introject
3rd person singularintrojects
Present participleintrojecting
Past simpleintrojected
Past participleintrojected

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyintroject
he, she, itintrojects

Past simpleLesson

all personsintrojected

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill introject

Word family

1 related words
Relatedintrojection

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
introintroduceA1introductionB1introductoryintrospectiveintrovertintrudeB2
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