externalization

[ ik-stur-nl-uh-zey-shuhn ]

noun

1. the act or process of externalizing.
2. the quality or state of being externalized.
3. something that is externalized.

Word History and Origins

Origin of externalization¹

First recorded in 1795–1805; externalize + -ation

Example Sentences

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.

From Vox

The so-called ejection or externalization of sensations occurs only as their scheme and relation to the unity of their object.

From Project Gutenberg

Thus, the vie intrieure would seem to prerequire for its externalization a completely furnished chamber of horrors.

From Project Gutenberg

And even this externalization is only 131 in our own consciousness.

From Project Gutenberg

The explorer had called it the law of the externalization of thought.

From Project Gutenberg

And why should he now oppose the externalization of that sweet thought?

From Project Gutenberg