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in⋅ter⋅nal⋅ize

  [in-tur-nl-ahyz]
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–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

Related forms:
in⋅ter⋅nal⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun
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in·ter·nal·ize   (ĭn-tûr'nə-līz')   
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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Financial Dictionary

internalize

To send a customer order from a brokerage firm to the firm's own specialist or market maker. Internalizing an order allows a broker to share in the profit (spread between the bid and ask) of executing the order.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: in·ter·nal·ize
Variant: or chiefly British in·ter·nal·ise /in-'t&rn-&l-"Iz/
Function:transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -ized or chiefly British -ised; -iz·ing or chiefly British -is·ing
: to give asubjective character to; specifically : to incorporate (as values or patterns of culture) within the self as conscious or subconscious guiding principles through learning orsocialization —in·ter·nal·iza·tion or chiefly British in·ter·nal·isa·tion /-"t&rn-&l-&-'zA-sh&n/ noun
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Medical Dictionary

internalize in·ter·nal·ize (ĭn-tûr'nə-līz')
v. in·ter·nal·ized, in·ter·nal·iz·ing, in·ter·nal·iz·es

  1. To make internal, personal, or subjective.

  2. To take in and adopt as an integral part of one's attitudes or beliefs.

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

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