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noun
The process whereby the ideas of another are unconsciously incorporated into one's own psyche.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
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noun
(psychology) unconscious internalization of aspects of the world (especially aspects of persons) within the self in such a way that the internalized representation takes over the psychological functions of the external objects
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: internalization, internalisation, incorporation
noun
(psychoanalysis) the internalization of the parent figures and their values; leads to the formation of the superego
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: internalization, internalisation, incorporation
History
From intro-, by analogy with projection and interjection.
Across languages
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