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overinternalize

overinternalize verb: to tend to take responsibility for things one isn't responsible for.

Verb

overinternalize (third-person singular simple present overinternalizes, present participle overinternalizing, simple past and past participle overinternalized)

  1. (ambitransitive, rare) To tend to take responsibility for things one isn't responsible for.
    • Try not to take things personally. You do not want to overinternalize events for which you are not responsible.2000, Michelle R. Dunlap, Reaching Out to Children and Families: Students Model Effective Community ...

Forms of overinternalize

third-person singular presentoverinternalizes
present participleoverinternalizing
past participleoverinternalized
pastoverinternalized

Origin of overinternalize

From over- + internalize.

Questions about overinternalize

What does overinternalize mean?
Overinternalize means to tend to take responsibility for things one isn't responsible for.
What part of speech is overinternalize?
Overinternalize is a verb.
What is the past tense of overinternalize?
The past tense of overinternalize is overinternalized.

Words near overinternalize in the dictionary

  1. overintensities
  2. overintensity
  3. overinterest
  4. overinterested
  5. overinterestedness
  6. overinternalize
  7. overinterpret
  8. overinterpretation
  9. overinterpretations
  10. overinterpreted
  11. overinterpreting

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