internalize
verbUS /ɪnˈtɝnəlaɪz/
Etymology From internal + -ize.
- 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.
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British, English, Oxford, US 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:
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Programming, Sciences British, English, Oxford, US To store (a string or other structure) in a shared pool, such that subsequent items with the same value can share the same instance.
- Derived terms
- cointernalize, internalizable, internalizer, overinternalize, reinternalize