INTERNALISATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does internalisation mean? 

• INTERNALISATION (noun)
  The noun INTERNALISATION has 1 sense:

1. learning (of values or attitudes etc.) that is incorporated within yourself

  Familiarity information: INTERNALISATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERNALISATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Learning (of values or attitudes etc.) that is incorporated within yourself

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

incorporation; internalisation; internalization

Hypernyms ("internalisation" is a kind of...):

acquisition; learning (the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "internalisation"):

introjection ((psychology) unconscious internalization of aspects of the world (especially aspects of persons) within the self in such a way that the internalized representation takes over the psychological functions of the external objects)

introjection ((psychoanalysis) the internalization of the parent figures and their values; leads to the formation of the superego)

Derivation:

internalise (incorporate within oneself; make subjective or personal)