internalize

English

Alternative forms

• internalise (UK)

Etymology

internal +‎ -ize

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɝnəlaɪz/

Verb

internalize (third-person singular simple present internaliz, present participle ing, simple past and past participle internalized)

1. (transitive) To make something internal; to incorporate it in oneself.
   1. To process new information in one's mind.
   2. To refrain from expressing (a negative emotion), to one's psychological detriment; to bottle up.
      • Woody Allen & Marshall Brickman (1979) Woody Allen as Isaac, Manhattan, United Artists

        "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."

2. (transitive, programming) To store (a string or other structure) in a shared pool, such that subsequent items with the same value can share the same instance.

   Synonym: intern

3. (finance) To transfer stocks between brokers within an organization, rather than through the exchange.

Translations

make something internal

• Azerbaijani: mənimsəmək
• Catalan: interioritzar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 使內在化／使内在化, 使内在化 (shǐ nèizàihuà)

• Finnish: sisäistää (fi)
• French: intérioriser (fr)
• Galician: interiorizar
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• German: internalisieren (de), verinnerlichen (de)
• Japanese: 内面化する (ないめんかする, naimenka suru)
• Russian: перенима́ть (ru) impf (perenimátʹ), переня́ть (ru) pf (perenjátʹ), усва́ивать (ru) impf (usváivatʹ), усво́ить (ru) pf (usvóitʹ), впи́тывать (ru) impf (vpítyvatʹ), впита́ть (ru) pf (vpitátʹ)
• Spanish: interiorizar (es)
• Swedish: internalisera (sv)