Definition

1. Verb (Philosophy):
   • To interiorize: The process of making external experiences, ideas, or social norms part of one's internal consciousness, subjective understanding, or personal value system. It involves the assimilation of the external into the inner self.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Quá trình học tập là quá trình nội hiện kiến thức. (The learning process is the process of interiorizing knowledge.)
  • Triết gia đó nghiên cứu về cách con người nội hiện các chuẩn mực xã hội. (That philosopher studies how humans interiorize social norms.)

Advanced Usage

• The concept is primarily used in academic, philosophical, and psychological contexts to describe the internalization of abstract concepts, moral values, or cultural practices.

Variants and Related Words

• Sự nội hiện (n): interiorization.
  • Sự nội hiện các giá trị văn hóa là một chủ đề nghiên cứu. (The interiorization of cultural values is a research topic.)

Synonyms

• Internalize: To incorporate within the self as conscious or subconscious principles. (Note: "Interiorize" is a more specific philosophical term often synonymous with "internalize" in this context.)

Related Concepts

• Chủ quan hóa (v): to subjectivize. While related, this focuses more on interpreting something from a personal, subjective viewpoint rather than the process of making it part of one's inner being.
• Tiếp thu (v): to acquire, to absorb. This is a more general term for learning or absorbing information, without the specific philosophical connotation of integration into the inner self.

1. (triết học) Interiorize