introject

Definitions of introject
  1. verb
    incorporate (attitudes or ideas) into one's personality unconsciously
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    type of:
    change
    undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
  2. noun
    (psychoanalysis) parental figures (and their values) that you introjected as a child; the voice of conscience is usually a parent's voice internalized
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    value
    an ideal accepted by some individual or group
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