externalization

[ ik-stur-nl-uh-zey-shuhn ]
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noun
  1. the act or process of externalizing.

  2. the quality or state of being externalized.

  1. something that is externalized.

Origin of externalization

1
First recorded in 1795–1805; externalize + -ation

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How to use externalization in a sentence

  • The story teemed with homoerotic symbolism and strange, otherworldly acts, and today is often read as an externalization of the author’s grappling with sexuality.

    The horror century | Aja Romano | October 25, 2021 | Vox
  • The so-called ejection or externalization of sensations occurs only as their scheme and relation to the unity of their object.

    Criminal Psychology | Hans Gross
  • Thus, the vie intrieure would seem to prerequire for its externalization a completely furnished chamber of horrors.

    Prophets of Dissent | Otto Heller
  • And even this externalization is only 131 in our own consciousness.

    Carmen Ariza | Charles Francis Stocking
  • The explorer had called it the law of the externalization of thought.

    Carmen Ariza | Charles Francis Stocking
  • And why should he now oppose the externalization of that sweet thought?

    Carmen Ariza | Charles Francis Stocking