externalize
verb (used with object)
to make external; embody in an outward form.
externalise
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a variation of
externalize.
Example Sentences
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She said dopamine decor allowed people to "externalise" their identity and boost their mood, giving a "heightened sense of wellbeing".
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2025
Maria says that painting helps externalise and process memories and moments that people can be afraid to re-live.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2024
Intesa announced in February a venture with Nextalia, the private equity firm founded by former Mediobanca banker Francesco Canzonieri, to externalise its training divisions.
From Reuters ● May 3, 2022
Between them, Marriner and Foskett hold the wide and spasmodic subplots together as they absorb and externalise the chaos unfolding around them.
From Economist ● May 7, 2018
It is through this law that we externalise and become in body what we live in our minds.
From The Higher Powers of Mind and Spirit by Ralph Waldo Trine
