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overinternalize

verb

Etymology

From over- + internalize.

  1. derived from internālis
  2. inherited from internall, internalle
  3. suffixed as internalize — “internal + ize”
  4. prefixed as overinternalize — “over + internalize”

Definitions

  1. 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for overinternalize. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA