internalized
Taken deeply inside
Internalized describes beliefs, values, or attitudes that have been absorbed so thoroughly they feel like one's own rather than externally imposed.
A child internalizes parental expectations; an adult may struggle with internalized shame or internalized racism—negative messages about one's own group that have been unconsciously adopted.
She had internalized the idea that asking for help was weakness.
Arising without conscious thought
- intuitiveKnown without reasoning
- reflexiveDirected back at subject
- spontaneousArising without external cause
- second natureDeeply ingrained tendency
habitual · unconscious · effortless · natural · unthinking · implicit · tacit · unquestioned
Absorbed into a whole
- incorporatedLegally formed as company
- integratedCombined into a whole
- embeddedSet firmly within something
- adoptedMade legally one's own
embraced · accepted · digested · taken in · personalized · appropriated · interiorized · consumed
Firmly established within
- entrenchedFirmly established, resistant to change
- rootedFirmly established in place
- embeddedSet firmly within something
- instilledGradually imparted values
inculcated · implanted · hardwired · deep-rooted · indoctrinated · conditioned · programmed · socialized
Held back from expression
- suppressedForcibly held down
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
- subconsciousBelow conscious awareness
- latentPresent but inactive
hidden · buried · unspoken · unexpressed · unacknowledged · bottled up · pent-up · held in
instinctive
Arising without conscious thought
- intuitiveKnown without reasoning
- reflexiveDirected back at subject
- spontaneousArising without external cause
second nature · habitual · unconscious · effortless · natural · unthinking · implicit · tacit · unquestioned · assumed
assimilated
Absorbed into a whole
- incorporatedLegally formed as company
- integratedCombined into a whole
- embeddedSet firmly within something
adopted · embraced · accepted · digested · taken in · personalized · appropriated · interiorized · consumed · received
deep-seated
Firmly established within
- entrenchedFirmly established, resistant to change
- rootedFirmly established in place
- embeddedSet firmly within something
instilled · inculcated · implanted · hardwired · deep-rooted · indoctrinated · conditioned · programmed · socialized · bred
repressed
Held back from expression
- suppressedForcibly held down
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
- subconsciousBelow conscious awareness
latent · hidden · buried · unspoken · unexpressed · unacknowledged · bottled up · pent-up · held in · contained
internalizedexternalized
Made internal things outward
expressed · projected · shown · manifested · displayed
internalizedexternalized
Made internal things outward
rejected · resisted · unabsorbed · detached · disowned
internalizedexternalized
Made internal things outward
projected · external · surface-level · superficial · unabsorbed
- internalized shameDisgrace absorbed as identity
- internalized homophobiaAbsorbed societal anti-gay attitudes
- internalized biasPrejudice absorbed into self-perception