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to interiorize

to interiorize

9.1
To accept an idea or value as part of yourself
  • verb
  • /ɪnˈtɪəriəˌraɪz/
  • Specialized
translation icon : interiorizar
  • Mary, too, feels disgust for the men who see in her only a whore, an image that she ends up interiorizing.
  • interiorizing remembrance

Examples

  • Oracle can be read as an attempt to become part of a new nation by interiorizing all the disparate elements of conflicting histories into the self, literally swallowing these realities in order to become part of them.

    Academic text (2005)

  • And I hope I tried in my research to interiorize this topping of the fingers to myself.

  • To justify warfare, Augustine had to interiorize the pacific precepts of the Gospels.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Pentecost had the effect of "placing the Church in the world" and completing the work of Christ, because the Spirit "interiorizes it within men and gives it living impulse."

    Academic text (2008)

  • Understanding the concept deeply allowed him to interiorize the values of compassion and empathy in his daily life.

  • After years of practice, she was able to interiorize the teachings of mindfulness, making it a natural part of her routine.

  • The workshop aimed to help participants interiorize the principles of sustainable living so they could apply them in their own homes.

Synonyms

to internalize
vsto interiorize
  • US
37 6.7

To accept a belief so you think and act that way

is about making it inner and subjective rather than only accepted or applied

How Internalized

to integrate
179 4.1
to interiorize
  • Specialized
9.1
to accept
∞ 1.3
to notice
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

interiorize infinitive
interiorized past
interiorized past participle
interiorizing present participle
interiorizes third person singular

Morphology

interiorize = interior (transparent) = interior + ize

Formed by the adjective 'interior' plus the productive verb-forming suffix '-ize', yielding the predictable meaning 'make or become interior/to internalize'.

Etymology

Interiorize comes from the word interior ('inside') and the ending -ize ('to make'). So to interiorize something is to 'make it part of your inside', which is why it means to take a belief or value into your inner life and accept it deeply.