verb
- to make something internal or part of one’s inner self; to absorb and make personal
Usage: psychology; third person singular present
Examples
- She interiorizes criticism and becomes overly self-critical.
- The child interiorizes the values taught by his parents.
- He interiorizes stress rather than expressing it outwardly.
- The student interiorizes the lesson’s moral message.
- She interiorizes social expectations about appearance.
- The therapy helps him understand how he interiorizes negative thoughts.