overinternalize

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verb

To tend to take responsibility for things one isn't responsible for.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person overinternalizes · participle present overinternalizing · participle past overinternalized · past overinternalized

  1. ambitransitiverareTo 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 ...

Origin

From over- + internalize.

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APA

overinternalize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overinternalize

MLA

“overinternalize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overinternalize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overinternalize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overinternalize.

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