To store (a string or other structure) in a shared pool, such that subsequent items with the same value can share the same instance. Often abbreviated to intern
in·ter·nal·ize internalizes internalizing internalized in BRIT, also use internalise If you internalize something such as a belief or a set of values, you make it become part of your attitude or way of thinking. Over time she internalized her parents' attitudes. + internalization in·ter·nali·za·tion my internalisation of hatred, disgust and fear. if you internalize a particular belief, attitude, behaviour etc, it becomes part of your character