interiorize
Definition
- Verb:
- To incorporate within oneself; to make subjective or personal: The process of taking in external ideas, values, or attitudes and making them part of one's own internal belief system or character.
Usage
- The verb "interiorize" describes a psychological or cognitive process. It is typically used with abstract concepts like beliefs, norms, or values.
- It is often used in academic, psychological, or sociological contexts.
- Common sentence patterns include: "to interiorize [a concept/belief/norm]" or "[a concept] is interiorized by [a person/group]."
Examples
- Children gradually interiorize the social rules they are taught.
- Through meditation, she sought to interiorize the principle of compassion.
- The study examines how cultural values are interiorized by immigrants over time.
Advanced Usage
- In Psychoanalytic Theory: The term can be used to describe the process of internalizing aspects of a relationship or an external object.
- The patient had interiorized a critical parental voice, which affected his self-esteem.
- In Sociology: Often used to discuss how societal structures become part of an individual's mindset.
- The ideology was so pervasive that citizens interiorized it without question.
Variants and Related Words
- Interiorization (noun): The act or process of interiorizing.
- The interiorization of gender roles begins at a young age.
- Internalize (verb): A very common synonym with virtually identical meaning and usage.
Synonyms
- Internalize: To make (attitudes or behavior) part of one's nature by learning or unconscious assimilation.
- Assimilate: To take in and understand fully (information, ideas, or culture).
- Incorporate: To take in or contain something as part of a whole.
Antonyms
- Externalize: To project or attribute (an inner thought or feeling) to an external source.
- Reject: To refuse to accept, believe, or consider.
Related Phrases/Concepts
- Subjective reality: The idea that an individual's reality is shaped by their interiorized beliefs and perceptions.
- Cognitive schema: A mental framework that is built, in part, through the interiorization of experiences and information.
Verb
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incorporate within oneself; make subjective or personal
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internalize a belief
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