undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature

(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

(psychoanalysis) the internalization of the parent figures and their values; leads to the formation of the superego

(psychoanalysis) parental figures (and their values) that you introjected as a child; the voice of conscience is usually a parent's voice internalized