Dictionary

internalize en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ɪnˈtɝnəlaɪz/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English internal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English internalize From internal + -ize.

Meanings

1. (British, English, Oxford, US, transitive) To make something internal; to incorporate it in oneself.
   • You are not going to get good at socialising by approaching social situations like it's a formula where you do 1, 2 and 3 from a book, but books can definitely help you internalize useful things if you get what I'm saying.
2. (British, English, Oxford, US, transitive) To make something internal; to incorporate it in oneself. ▸ To process new information in one's mind.
3. (British, English, Oxford, US, transitive) To make something internal; to incorporate it in oneself. ▸ To refrain from expressing (a negative emotion), to one's psychological detriment; to bottle up.
   • Well, I can't get angry, okay? I mean, I have a tendency to internalize. I can't express anger. That's one of the problems I have—I grow a tumor instead. 1979, Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman, Manhattan, spoken by Isaac (Woody Allen), United Artists:
4. (British, English, Oxford, US, transitive) To store (a string or other structure) in a shared pool, such that subsequent items with the same value can share the same instance.
5. (British, English, Oxford, US) To transfer stocks between brokers within an organization, rather than through the exchange.

Forms

Deriveds

internalizer · overinternalize · cointernalize · reinternalize · internalizable

Synonyms

intern

Translations (30)

pl zinternalizować (make something internal) · fi sisäistää (make something internal) · gl interiorizar (make something internal) · oc interiorizar (make something internal) · pl uwewnętrzniać (make something internal) · cmn 使內在化 /使内在化 (make something internal) · ru впи́тывать (make something internal) · ru усва́ивать (make something internal) · ja 内面化する (make something internal) · tr içselleştirmek (make something internal) · az daxililəşdirmək (make something internal) · de internalisieren (make something internal) · pl dusić (make something internal) · es interiorizar (make something internal) · ru переня́ть (make something internal) · fr internaliser (make something internal) · sv internalisera (make something internal) · eo internigi (make something internal) · de verinnerlichen (make something internal) · az mənimsəmək (make something internal) · pl internalizować (make something internal) · fr intérioriser (make something internal) · pl zdusić (make something internal) · ca interioritzar (make something internal) · nl internaliseren (make something internal) · ru усво́ить (make something internal) · ru впита́ть (make something internal) · pt internalizar (make something internal) · ru перенима́ть (make something internal) · pl uwewnętrznić (make something internal)