Origin: Latin suffix -tion
Introjection has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
(psychoanalysis) 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
The process whereby the ideas of another are unconsciously incorporated into one's own psyche.