Externalization
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Externalization is a noun meaning The process of making something external, or visible from the outside.
Meaning
The process of making something external, or visible from the outside.
More Meanings
- A physical thing that typifies an abstract thing; an embodiment or personalization.
- (psychology) In Freudian psychology, an unconscious defense mechanism by which an individual "projects" his or her own internal characteristics onto the outside world or other people.
Word Forms
- externalizations
Synonyms for externalization
Depending on context, synonyms include exteriorization, exteriorisation, externalisation.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include exteriorization, externalisation, exteriorisation, graduation, outsourcing, explicitization.
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