Externalize
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Externalize is a verb meaning To make something external or objective.
Meaning
To make something external or objective.
More Meanings
- To represent something abstract or intangible as material; to embody.
- (psychology) To attribute emotions etc to external circumstances; to project.
- (economics) To direct to others, as costs or benefits.
Example Sentences
Operating a low-cost, high-pollution manufacturing process externalizes costs in the form of adverse human health consequences and ecosystem effects.
Offering high-quality software as open-source externalizes benefits to a large community, but also externalizes much of the cost of testing and further development.
Word Forms
- externalizes
- externalizing
- externalized
Synonyms for externalize
Depending on context, synonyms include project, exteriorize, externalise.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include exteriorize, externalise, project, rely, outsource, extrinsicate.
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