overinternalize
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
over- + internalize
Verb[edit]
overinternalize (third-person singular simple present overinternalizes, present participle overinternalizing, simple past and past participle overinternalized)
- (rare, transitive, intransitive) To tend to take responsibility for things one isn't responsible for.
- 2000, Michelle R. Dunlap, Reaching Out to Children and Families: Students Model Effective Community ...[1]:
- Try not to take things personally. You do not want to overinternalize events for which you are not responsible.