Definition of "internalist" [internalist]

• Holding that a particular mental phenomenon, such as motivation or justification, has an internal rather than external basis (adjective)
• A supporter of internalism (noun)

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• "I will call the internalist sense of the theory theory "theory theory (internal)"."
• "What connection does that highly "internalist" enterprise have with the design of social systems or institutions?"
• "Of course, you can be an internalist or externalist at different altitudes of development, and historically these have changed over time, as we've already seen."