internalize

• internalise (non-Oxford British English)

internal +‎ -ize

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɝnəlaɪz/

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internalize (third-person singular simple present internalizes, present participle internalizing, simple past and past participle internalized) (American spelling, Oxford British English)

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.
      • 1979, Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman, Manhattan, spoken by Isaac (Woody Allen), 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.

• “internalize”, in Oxford Learner's Dictionaries