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internalize

To internalize is defined as to make something a part of how you feel or think, or as part of your knowledge.

(verb)

When you absorb information and the knowledge changes your attitude, this is an example of a time when you internalize the information.

See internalize in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb internalized, internalizing

to make internal; interiorize; specif., to make (others', esp. the prevailing, attitudes, ideas, norms, etc.) a part of one's own patterns of thinking

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internalization noun

See internalize in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb in·ter·nal·ized, in·ter·nal·iz·ing, in·ter·nal·iz·es

To make internal, personal, or subjective: “Protean man internalizes the longing for immortality through an ongoing process of death and rebirth within himself” (Henry S. Resnik).
To take in and make an integral part of one's attitudes or beliefs: had internalized the cultural values of the Poles after a year of living in Warsaw.

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