verb
- present participle of introject: to unconsciously incorporate external attitudes, values, or standards into one’s own psyche
Usage: psychology
Examples
- The child was introjecting her parents’ critical voices.
- He found himself introjecting society’s expectations about success.
- The therapy focused on how she was introjecting negative self-talk.
- Students often end up introjecting their teachers’ attitudes toward learning.
- She realized she was introjecting her mother’s fears about relationships.
- The process of introjecting cultural values begins in early childhood.