internalize Definition
in·ter·nal·ize (in tʉr′nəl īz′)
transitive verb -·ized′, -·iz′·ing
to make internal; interiorize; specif., to make (others', esp. the prevailing, attitudes, ideas, norms, etc.) a part of one's own patterns of thinking
internalize Related Forms
in·ter′·nali·za′·tion noun
internalize Usage Examples
Object
- cost: You mention a lot of benefits in your paper of internalizing external costs.
- rule: In his theory of action, norms are relevant as internalized rules of behavior, behavioral expectations by others, and labels of deviance.
- benefit: The inability to internalize external benefits is, itself, a result of prohibitively high transaction costs.
- value: Are the Iranians to blame because they internalized the false values that Washington strove mightily to inculcate worldwide?
- norm: Goodwin, 1999 ) have pointed out that cultural systems help people in forming internalized social norms that are prime sources of relationship behavior.
Subject
participant: The set of rules was first presented as a table but finally internalized by the participants.
Preposition: by
participant: The set of rules was first presented as a table but finally internalized by the participants.
Modifying Another Word
- not: While humility is a virtue and we must always safeguard against arrogance, we dare not internalize misdirected and agenda-driven criticism.
- fully: Congestion in the community around the airport is certainly an external impact which is not fully internalized at the present day.
- eventually: As you see these language features in use you'll eventually internalize them.
- effectively: In a sense, it could be argued that those congestion costs are effectively internalized.
- already: Indeed, some companies are already internalizing aspects of GAIT without realizing it.
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