Definitions for internalize

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internalize in·ter·nal·ize

Spelling: [in-tur-nl-ahyz]

IPA: /ɪnˈtɜr nlˌaɪz/

Internalize is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 23 points.

You can make 485 anagrams from letters in internalize (aeeiilnnrtz).

Definitions for internalize

verb (used with object)

1. to incorporate (the cultural values, mores, motives, etc., of another or of a group), as through learning, socialization, or identification.
2. to make subjective or give a subjective character to.
3. Linguistics. to acquire (a linguistic rule, structure, etc.) as part of one's language competence.

Origin of internalize

First recorded in 1940-45; internal + -ize

Examples for internalize

To feel shame for the actions of other Jews is to internalize this kind of anti-Semitism.

This too offers lessons—though hopefully not many you need to internalize.

It would just be nice if he could internalize that not all government benefits are handouts or are equal.

Sadly, some impressionable young listeners will internalize this “advice.”

It was difficult to internalize in an environment both objective and external.

How to Sell is all about how Bobby comes to internalize this reappraisal of value.

Some couples who have been early to marry and early to divorce may “internalize an unwarranted sense of guilt or shame.”