verb
- to make something part of one’s inner nature or thinking; to absorb and make personal
Usage: British spelling; American spelling is ‘internalize’
Examples
- Children interiorise the values taught by their parents.
- She had to interiorise the criticism before she could learn from it.
- The therapy helped him interiorise positive self-talk.
- Students need time to interiorise new concepts.
- He struggled to interiorise the company’s corporate culture.
- The meditation practice helped her interiorise feelings of calm.