INTERIORIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does interiorize mean? 

• INTERIORIZE (verb)
  The verb INTERIORIZE has 1 sense:

1. incorporate within oneself; make subjective or personal

  Familiarity information: INTERIORIZE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERIORIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they interiorize    ... he / she / it interiorizes   
Past simple: interiorized   
Past participle: interiorized   
-ing form: interiorizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Incorporate within oneself; make subjective or personal

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

interiorise; interiorize; internalise; internalize

Context example:

internalize a belief

Hypernyms (to "interiorize" is one way to...):

ascribe; assign; attribute; impute (attribute or credit to)

Domain category:

psychological science; psychology (the science of mental life)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

interior (the region that is inside of something)