externalization
Americannoun
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the act or process of externalizing.
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the quality or state of being externalized.
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something that is externalized.
Etymology
Origin of externalization
First recorded in 1795–1805; externalize + -ation
Example Sentences
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Despite its contradictory history as a symbol of democracy built by enslaved people, it is a blameless externalization of America.
From Salon • Mar. 20, 2025
“A key feature we see common among mass killers is this externalization of blame,” Fridel said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2023
“It’s the first externalization of Aisha’s interior conflict,” said the movie’s writer and director, Nikyatu Jusu, in this video.
From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2023
In screenwriting, though, externalization is everything, and her characteristic restraint was her signal contribution to the other great triangle of her life: Jhabvala, Merchant, Ivory.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 31, 2018
Why, that was a clear case of externalization, if there ever was one!
From Carmen Ariza by Stocking, Charles Francis
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