externalization
noun
ex·ter·nal·i·za·tion
ek-ˌstər-nə-lə-ˈzā-shən 
1
a
: the action or process of externalizing
b
: the quality or state of being externalized
2
: something externalized : embodiment
Examples of externalization in a Sentence
bizarre paintings that are the externalization of a very troubled psyche
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Art is an externalization of our imagination and need to express ourselves.
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Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
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But this depiction of public shaming feels like a paranoid fantasy, an externalization of May’s guilt, rather than a believable development.
—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
Interludes in which the accusing faces of prisoners silently fill the frame act as a sort of externalization of his survivor’s guilt.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
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Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
Virtuoso delivers accurate externalization and localization of sound, ensuring mix decisions translate well to loudspeakers.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
But this depiction of public shaming feels like a paranoid fantasy, an externalization of May’s guilt, rather than a believable development.
—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
Interludes in which the accusing faces of prisoners silently fill the frame act as a sort of externalization of his survivor’s guilt.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
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“Externalization.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/externalization. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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