externalize

[ ik-stur-nl-ahyz ]

/ ɪkˈstɜr nlˌaɪz /

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verb (used with object), ex·ter·nal·ized, ex·ter·nal·iz·ing.

to make external; embody in an outward form.

to regard as consisting of externals.

to regard or treat as being caused by externals; attribute to external causes: to externalize one's difficulties.

to direct (the personality) outward in social relationships.

Also especially British, ex·ter·nal·ise.

Origin of externalize

First recorded in 1850–55; external + -ize

OTHER WORDS FROM externalize

non·ex·ter·nal·ized, adjective sem·i·ex·ter·nal·ized, adjective

Words nearby externalize

external-combustion, external-combustion engine, externalism, externality, externalization, externalize, externalizer, externship, exteroceptive, exteroceptor, exterofective

Example sentences from the Web for externalize

You cannot perform or externalize your vanity as overtly as Bieber did without again emphasizing to the world you are a jerk.

Justin Bieber's Abs Cannot Save Him |Tim Teeman |September 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Ideas express the implicit will of the human being to externalize them (what Marcuse called "the imperative quality" of thought).

The Civilization of Illiteracy |Mihai Nadin
A change of will can always manifest itself in action but it is very difficult to externalize convincingly a mere change of heart.

Play-Making |William Archer
Gora Dwight had told him that he must learn to "externalize his emotions," and he felt that here was the supreme opportunity.

Black Oxen |Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

You express yourself in your ideas and thoughts, which you try to externalize materially.

Carmen Ariza |Charles Francis Stocking
Then live these in your mind, making no room for unclean thought, and you will externalize them in your body.

Thoughts I Met on the Highway |Ralph Waldo Trine

British Dictionary definitions for externalize

externalize

exteriorize (ɪkˈstɪərɪəˌraɪz), externalise or exteriorise

/ (ɪkˈstɜːnəˌlaɪz) /

verb (tr)

to make external; give outward shape to

psychol to attribute (one's own feelings) to one's surroundings

Derived forms of externalize

externalization, exteriorization, externalisation or exteriorisation, noun

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externalize

verb (used with object), ex·ter·nal·ized, ex·ter·nal·iz·ing.

Origin of externalize

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British Dictionary definitions for externalize

exteriorize (ɪkˈstɪərɪəˌraɪz), externalise or exteriorise

verb (tr)

Derived forms of externalize

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

externalize

verb (used with object), ex·ter·nal·ized, ex·ter·nal·iz·ing.

Origin of externalize

OTHER WORDS FROM externalize

Words nearby externalize

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exteriorize (ɪkˈstɪərɪəˌraɪz), externalise or exteriorise

verb (tr)

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