different between internalize vs internalized

English

Alternative forms

• internalise (UK)

Etymology

internal +? -ize

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?t?n?la?z/

Verb

internalize (third-person singular simple present internalizes, present participle internalizing, simple past and past participle internalized)

1. (transitive) To make something internal; to incorporate it in oneself.
   1. To process new information in one's mind.
   2. To refrain from expressing (a negative emotion), to one's psychological detriment; to bottle up.
      • Woody Allen as Isaac (1979) Manhattan, written by Woody Allen & Marshall Brickman, United Artists

        "Well, I can't get angry, okay? I mean, I have a tendency to internalize. I can't express anger. That's one of the problems I have—I grow a tumor instead."

2. (transitive, programming) To store (a string or other structure) in a shared pool, such that subsequent items with the same value can share the same instance.

   Synonym: intern

3. (finance) To transfer stocks between brokers within an organization, rather than through the exchange.

Translations

English

Adjective

internalized (comparative more internalized, superlative most internalized)

1. Of discriminatory views: held against one's own group.

   • Current psychological literature describes internalized racism in reference to many groups, including Native Americans, Asian Americans, indigenous peoples of Mexico, and others who incorporate into their thoughts and behaviors the oppressors' views of them, including negative attitudes, prejudiced beliefs, stereotypes, values, perspectives, and notions of racial superiority.

   • It is also possible that patients who experience life-long self-hatred do so as a result of the recognition of their sexual orientation (Downey & Friedman, 1995). In other words, internalized homophobia, prevalent amont gay and lesbian individuals, can be one of the major contributors to the development or exacerbation of psychological distress even in people with severe personality or character disorders.

   • As scientists, we spend our lives thinking in areas where many females are taught they shouldn't and/or couldn't venture. When women in other lines of work meet us, out come their doubts about their own intelligence. Meet internalized sexism.

Verb

internalized

1. simple past tense and past participle of internalize