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INTERNALISE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does internalise mean?
• INTERNALISE (verb)
The verb INTERNALISE has 1 sense:
1. incorporate within oneself; make subjective or personal
Familiarity information: INTERNALISE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
... he / she / it internalises Past simple: internalised
Past participle: internalised
-ing form: internalising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Incorporate within oneself; make subjective or personal
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
interiorise; interiorize; internalise; internalize
Context example:
internalize a belief
Hypernyms (to "internalise" is one way to...):
ascribe; assign; attribute; impute (attribute or credit to)
Domain category:
psychological science; psychology (the science of mental life)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Derivation:
internalisation (learning (of values or attitudes etc.) that is incorporated within yourself)
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