Internalize
verb
To make an idea, attitude, or behavior a part of your own way of thinking or behaving.
To improve your language skills, try to internalize the grammar rules until they become second nature to you.
Often appears as...
- internalize the values
- internalize the lessons
verb
To experience (a reaction or a feeling) within oneself, often without expressing it to others.
He learned to internalize his feelings at a young age as he was often punished for expressing them.
Often appears as...
- internalize the pain
- internalize the anger
verb
In psychology, to integrate attitudes, ideas, expectations, etc., within oneself.
The child begins to internalize the morals and values of their parents from a young age.
Often appears as...
- internalize the thoughts
- internalize the behaviours
Usage tips
Academic
verb
In economics, to make (a cost or benefit) part of a financial computation as an internal cost.
In the context of environmental economics, pollution costs should be internalized by the polluters themselves.
Often appears as...
- internalize the costs
- internalize the benefits
Usage tips
Academic
verb
To make an idea, attitude, or behavior a part of your own way of thinking or behaving.
To improve your language skills, try to internalize the grammar rules until they become second nature to you.
Often appears as...
- internalize the values
- internalize the lessons
verb
To experience (a reaction or a feeling) within oneself, often without expressing it to others.
He learned to internalize his feelings at a young age as he was often punished for expressing them.
Often appears as...
- internalize the pain
- internalize the anger
verb
In psychology, to integrate attitudes, ideas, expectations, etc., within oneself.
The child begins to internalize the morals and values of their parents from a young age.
Often appears as...
- internalize the thoughts
- internalize the behaviours
Usage tips
Academic
verb
In economics, to make (a cost or benefit) part of a financial computation as an internal cost.
In the context of environmental economics, pollution costs should be internalized by the polluters themselves.
Often appears as...
- internalize the costs
- internalize the benefits
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Habitual Integration
To thoroughly learn a concept, internalize it until it feels automatic, like tying your shoes.
She internalized the steps of the dance so well that she could perform it in her sleep.
Pro Tip 2/2Deep Understanding
Go beyond memorizing; internalize means to deeply understand something so it influences your actions.
He internalized the importance of punctuality and was never late again.
Pro Tip 1/2Habitual Integration
To thoroughly learn a concept, internalize it until it feels automatic, like tying your shoes.
She internalized the steps of the dance so well that she could perform it in her sleep.
Pro Tip 2/2Deep Understanding
Go beyond memorizing; internalize means to deeply understand something so it influences your actions.
He internalized the importance of punctuality and was never late again.
Pro Tip 1/2Habitual Integration
To thoroughly learn a concept, internalize it until it feels automatic, like tying your shoes.
She internalized the steps of the dance so well that she could perform it in her sleep.
Pro Tip 2/2Deep Understanding
Go beyond memorizing; internalize means to deeply understand something so it influences your actions.
He internalized the importance of punctuality and was never late again.
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Your elusive creative...
An extraordinary statement to make about your life's work. But we don't even blink when we hear somebody say this, because we've heard that kind of stuff for so long and somehow we've completely internalized and accepted collectively this notion that creativity and suffering are somehow inherently linked
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Does stress cause...
giving you more oxygen and power to run away from danger or to face it and fight for your life, hence the term "fight or flight." But when you don't fight, or take flight, you face the plight. When we're taking final exams, sitting in traffic or pondering pollution, we internalize stress.
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Inside the bizarre world...
People make societies progress or regress. When we internalize that fact, we can stop waiting for some inevitable future to arrive and actually get to work now. You know, we've all been taught that the arc of the moral universe is long but that it bends toward justice.
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The power of introverts...
co-workers and your spouses and your children and the person sitting right next to you right now all of them subject to this bias that is pretty deep and real in our society we all internalize it from a very early age without even having a language for what
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Deep sea diving ... in a...
of the joy and freedom I felt when using a wheelchair -- a power chair -- to negotiate the world. I was working to transform these internalized responses, to transform the preconceptions that had so shaped my identity when I started using a wheelchair,
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The power of introverts...
I'm talking about your coworkers and your spouses and your children and the person sitting next to you right now -- all of them subject to this bias that is pretty deep and real in our society. We all internalize it from a very early age
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2016 Breakthrough Junior...
explain it using science by teaching you really understand a lot more when you engage in the idea that you're really excited about you start to understand it in a deeper way than ever before that allows you to both internalize and share
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Why kids need to learn...
by the age of four. This is when children are developing their sense of self. They're observing the world around them, absorbing that information and internalizing it. Now, most parents want their children to become kind, empathetic,
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The gift and power of...
to the first stranger he sees in a shopping mall. We own our emotions, they don't own us. When we internalize the difference between how I feel in all my wisdom and what I do in a values-aligned action,
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Should “blackness”...
so anyways right sighs armed with what I know now I can't help but wonder what ro internalized blackness played and what stitches did to me and what he did to
Video examples
Your elusive creative...
An extraordinary statement to make about your life's work. But we don't even blink when we hear somebody say this, because we've heard that kind of stuff for so long and somehow we've completely internalized and accepted collectively this notion that creativity and suffering are somehow inherently linked
Video examples
Does stress cause...
giving you more oxygen and power to run away from danger or to face it and fight for your life, hence the term "fight or flight." But when you don't fight, or take flight, you face the plight. When we're taking final exams, sitting in traffic or pondering pollution, we internalize stress.
Video examples
Inside the bizarre world...
People make societies progress or regress. When we internalize that fact, we can stop waiting for some inevitable future to arrive and actually get to work now. You know, we've all been taught that the arc of the moral universe is long but that it bends toward justice.
Video examples
The power of introverts...
co-workers and your spouses and your children and the person sitting right next to you right now all of them subject to this bias that is pretty deep and real in our society we all internalize it from a very early age without even having a language for what
Video examples
Deep sea diving ... in a...
of the joy and freedom I felt when using a wheelchair -- a power chair -- to negotiate the world. I was working to transform these internalized responses, to transform the preconceptions that had so shaped my identity when I started using a wheelchair,
Video examples
The power of introverts...
I'm talking about your coworkers and your spouses and your children and the person sitting next to you right now -- all of them subject to this bias that is pretty deep and real in our society. We all internalize it from a very early age
Video examples
2016 Breakthrough Junior...
explain it using science by teaching you really understand a lot more when you engage in the idea that you're really excited about you start to understand it in a deeper way than ever before that allows you to both internalize and share
Video examples
Why kids need to learn...
by the age of four. This is when children are developing their sense of self. They're observing the world around them, absorbing that information and internalizing it. Now, most parents want their children to become kind, empathetic,
Video examples
The gift and power of...
to the first stranger he sees in a shopping mall. We own our emotions, they don't own us. When we internalize the difference between how I feel in all my wisdom and what I do in a values-aligned action,
Video examples
Should “blackness”...
so anyways right sighs armed with what I know now I can't help but wonder what ro internalized blackness played and what stitches did to me and what he did to
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Henry Kissinger
American Statesman
We are moving towards a world that is reordering itself and that may appear more ordered at some periods of time, but I see no sign that we are moving towards a world order in my definition of it - namely, a system which is accepted, which is internalized by the majority of the key participants.
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Rajkummar Rao
Indian Actor
I don't think that now I am a star. I don't get too much time to interact with people, and I am quite busy with work. I work. I come back home, and my loved ones are still the same. They will never change. And, I travel. I have not realised or internalised that life has changed.
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Serj Tankian
American Musician
With most of the songs and music that I've composed, irrespective of the myriad videos made, I was always careful not to overly define the experience, leaving room for people to internalize things for themselves, making their experience more integral.
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Maren Morris
American Musician
Definitely scatterbrained. I internalize a lot of thoughts, and sometimes it seems like I'm not listening or totally zoned out, but I'm always on a loop of ideas and song titles. I'm definitely kind of a space cadet, but I'm very laid back.
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Gilles Deleuze
The body of the woman is the overwhelming triumph of flesh. The woman is a concrete universal; she is a world, not an externalized world, but under the world, the warm interiority of the world, a compressed internalized world.
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Rupi Kaur
Canadian Poet
Feeling 'ugly' or 'unattractive' seeps into your life like poison, and it affects everything. Feeling worthless does the same. We internalise these limitations, and it takes an internal revolution to get rid of them.
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Tahir Raj Bhasin
Indian Actor
I internalise every role that I do and my creative process sees me immerse myself with the setting and the character that I have at hand.
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Janet Mock
American Writer
It is the world's limitations and the myths that we internalize about ourselves that pushes us to diminish our power and ignore it.
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Robert Forster
American Actor
You've got to internalize the character. You've got to learn the words. These are separate things, but they work together.
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Tess Holliday
American Model
Obviously I probably have internalized fatphobia about myself and what the world has ingrained in us.
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Henry Kissinger
American Statesman
We are moving towards a world that is reordering itself and that may appear more ordered at some periods of time, but I see no sign that we are moving towards a world order in my definition of it - namely, a system which is accepted, which is internalized by the majority of the key participants.
Quote examples
Rajkummar Rao
Indian Actor
I don't think that now I am a star. I don't get too much time to interact with people, and I am quite busy with work. I work. I come back home, and my loved ones are still the same. They will never change. And, I travel. I have not realised or internalised that life has changed.
Quote examples
Serj Tankian
American Musician
With most of the songs and music that I've composed, irrespective of the myriad videos made, I was always careful not to overly define the experience, leaving room for people to internalize things for themselves, making their experience more integral.
Quote examples
Maren Morris
American Musician
Definitely scatterbrained. I internalize a lot of thoughts, and sometimes it seems like I'm not listening or totally zoned out, but I'm always on a loop of ideas and song titles. I'm definitely kind of a space cadet, but I'm very laid back.
Quote examples
Gilles Deleuze
The body of the woman is the overwhelming triumph of flesh. The woman is a concrete universal; she is a world, not an externalized world, but under the world, the warm interiority of the world, a compressed internalized world.
Quote examples
Rupi Kaur
Canadian Poet
Feeling 'ugly' or 'unattractive' seeps into your life like poison, and it affects everything. Feeling worthless does the same. We internalise these limitations, and it takes an internal revolution to get rid of them.
Quote examples
Tahir Raj Bhasin
Indian Actor
I internalise every role that I do and my creative process sees me immerse myself with the setting and the character that I have at hand.
Quote examples
Janet Mock
American Writer
It is the world's limitations and the myths that we internalize about ourselves that pushes us to diminish our power and ignore it.
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Robert Forster
American Actor
You've got to internalize the character. You've got to learn the words. These are separate things, but they work together.
Quote examples
Tess Holliday
American Model
Obviously I probably have internalized fatphobia about myself and what the world has ingrained in us.
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