verb
- past tense and past participle of interiorise; to make something internal or part of one's inner self; to incorporate (beliefs, values, or attitudes) into one's own mind or personality
Usage: chiefly British spelling (American English typically uses 'internalized'); psychology and sociology contexts
Examples
- She interiorised the cultural values of her new community over time.
- The child interiorised the moral lessons taught by her parents.
- Through repeated exposure, he interiorised the company's core principles.
- Psychologists study how people interiorise social norms.
- The trauma was interiorised rather than openly discussed.
- Students interiorised the academic standards expected of them.