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introjection
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1866, from intro- + stem abstracted from projection. In philosophical and psychoanalytical use, from German introjektion.
Wiktionary
n. (context psychology English) The process whereby ideas of another are unconsciously incorporated into one's own psyche.
WordNet
n. (sychoanalysis) the internalization of the parent figures and their values; leads to the formation of the superego
(psychology) unconscious internalization of aspects of the world (especially aspects of persons) within the self in such a way that the internalized representation takes over the psychological functions of the external objects
Wikipedia
Introjection is a psychoanalytical term with a variety of meanings. Generally, it is regarded as the process where the subject replicates in itself behaviors, attributes or other fragments of the surrounding world, especially of other subjects. Cognate concepts are identification, incorporation, and internalization. To use a simple example, a person who picks up traits from their friends (e.g., a person who begins frequently exclaiming "Ridiculous!" as a result of hearing a friend of theirs repeatedly doing the same) is introjecting.
Projection has been described as an early phase of introjection.
Usage examples of "introjection".
Even in psychoanalysis, for example, there is still the lingering notion that all mental identification involves temporary regression to the oral stage, because there is only one boundary recognized, and thus taking something across the mental boundary must be actually regressing to the physical oral boundary (any introjection must follow the same pathway as food, for there is only "the" boundary).
Such introjection is said to be the mark of true maturity in the individual, and the authentic mark of civilization in contrast to mere social culture, such as one finds in a tribe.