internalizeverb [ T ]
formal UK usually internalise uk/ɪnˈtɜː.nəl.aɪz/us/ɪnˈtɝː.nəl.aɪz/to accept or absorb an idea, opinion, belief, etc. so that it becomes part of your character:
He had not expected the people so readily to internalize the values of democracy.
If you internalize your emotions or feelings, you do not allow them to show although you think about them:
Many women tend to internalize their anxiety and distress.
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Accepting & agreeing
- accept
- accredited
- assent
- be ruled by sb idiom
- buy-in
- conclude
- court
- gauntlet
- leap
- listen to reason idiom
- middle ground
- mustn't grumble idiom
- pounce
- reach
- settlement
- signatory
- swallow
- take sb up on sth
- unquestioning
- without a murmur idiom
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Not showing or feeling emotions
Controlling emotions
internalization
noun [ U ] UK usually internalisation uk/ɪnˌtɜː.nəl.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/us/ɪnˌtɝː.nəl.əˈzeɪ.ʃən/