Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense externalizes, present participle externalizing, past tense, past participle externalizedregional note: in BRIT, also use externalise
verb
If you externalize your ideas or feelings, you express them openly, in words or actions.
[formal]
For the Prime Minister, externalising the problem would divert attention from hisdomestic troubles. [VERB noun]
These are people who tend to externalize blame when anything goes wrong at work. [VERB noun]
externalize in British English
(ɪkˈstɜːnəˌlaɪz), exteriorize (ɪkˈstɪərɪəˌraɪz), externalise or exteriorise
verb(transitive)
1.
to make external; give outward shape to
2. psychology
to attribute (one's own feelings) to one's surroundings
Derived forms
externalization (exˌternaliˈzation) or exteriorization (exˌterioriˈzation) or externalisation (exˌternaliˈsation) or exteriorisation (exˌterioriˈsation)
noun
externalize in American English
(ɛkˈstɜrnəlˌaɪz; ɪkˈstɜrnəlˌaɪz)
verb transitiveWord forms: exˈternalˌized or exˈternalˌizing