overinternalize en · VERB
Etymology
From over- + internalize.
Meanings
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(ambitransitive, rare) To tend to take responsibility for things one isn't responsible for.
Try not to take things personally. You do not want to overinternalize events for which you are not responsible.
2000, Michelle R. Dunlap, Reaching Out to Children and Families: Students Model Effective Community ...:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overinternalized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overinternalized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| overinternalizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| overinternalizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |