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in⋅ter⋅nal⋅ize

   [in-tur-nl-ahyz]
–verb (used with object), -ized, -iz⋅ing.
1. to incorporate (the cultural values, mores, motives, etc., of another or of a group), as through learning, socialization, or identification.
2. to make subjective or give a subjective character to.
3. Linguistics. to acquire (a linguistic rule, structure, etc.) as part of one's language competence.
Also, especially British, in⋅ter⋅nal⋅ise.

Origin:
1940–45; internal + -ize
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in·ter·nal·ize     (ĭn-tûr'nə-līz')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   in·ter·nal·ized, in·ter·nal·iz·ing, in·ter·nal·iz·es
  1. To make internal, personal, or subjective: "Protean man internalizes the longing for immortality through an ongoing process of death and rebirth within himself" (Henry S. Resnik).
  2. To take in and make an integral part of one's attitudes or beliefs: had internalized the cultural values of the Poles after a year of living in Warsaw.

in·ter'nal·i·za'tion (-lĭ-zā'shən) n.
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internalization

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

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