internalizes
Makes it personal
Internalizes means to absorb something deeply—making external ideas, values, or criticisms part of one's own thinking.
A child internalizes parental attitudes.
Someone who has internalized shame carries it as part of their self-image: She had internalized the message that her needs didn't matter.
In psychology, internalizing contrasts with externalizing—turning feelings inward rather than acting them out.
Takes in fully
- assimilatesAbsorbs into a larger whole
- integratesCombines into unified whole
- adoptsTakes as one's own
- embracesHolds lovingly, or adopts
incorporates · digests · masters · grasps · understands · learns · acquires · retains
Takes as one's own
- embracesHolds lovingly, or adopts
- acceptsConsents to receive
- believesRegards as true
- embodiesManifests in form
upholds · espouses · absorbs · assimilates · integrates · norms · morals · ethics
Takes in fully
- repressesSubdues or restrains forcibly
- suppressesActively prevents expression
- bottles upSuppresses emotions internally
- buriesPlaces beneath the ground
conceals · stifles · swallows · hides · contains · withholds · masks · compartmentalizes
Takes in fully
accepts · subsidizes · offsets · costs · expenses · externalities · burdens · liabilities
absorbs
Takes in fully
- assimilatesAbsorbs into a larger whole
- integratesCombines into unified whole
- adoptsTakes as one's own
embraces · incorporates · digests · masters · grasps · understands · learns · acquires · retains · comprehends
adopts
Takes as one's own
embodies · upholds · espouses · absorbs · assimilates · integrates · norms · morals · ethics · principles
absorbs
Takes in fully
- repressesSubdues or restrains forcibly
- suppressesActively prevents expression
- bottles upSuppresses emotions internally
buries · conceals · stifles · swallows · hides · contains · withholds · masks · compartmentalizes · harbors
absorbs
Takes in fully
covers · accepts · subsidizes · offsets · costs · expenses · externalities · burdens · liabilities · overhead
internalizesexternalizes
Makes inner states outward
projects · deflects · scapegoats · displaces
- internalized shameDisgrace absorbed as identity
- internalized homophobiaAbsorbed societal anti-gay attitudes
- internalized biasPrejudice absorbed into self-perception