Internalize Definition

ĭn-tûrnə-līz

internalized, internalizes, internalizing

verb

internalized, internalizes, internalizing

To make internal, personal, or subjective.

American Heritage

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

Webster's New World

To make internal, personal, or subjective.

American Heritage Medicine

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

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

YourDictionary

(computing) To store (a string or other structure) in a shared pool, such that subsequent items with the same value can share the same instance. Often abbreviated to intern.

Wiktionary

Synonyms: