EXTERNALIZED Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

externalized

verb

past tense of externalize

as in embodied

to represent in visible form an actress with an expressive face that wonderfully externalizes a wide range of emotions

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disembodied

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Recent Examples of externalized Hurry up, not all suffering is externalized, please hurry up. —

Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026 The production works best when the play’s expressionistic flourishes invite theatergoers to consider more deeply the subjective experiences and societal subtexts that are being externalized. —

Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026 In this way, B1G1’s approach challenges the dominant economic paradigm in which profits are privatized while costs to society and the environment are externalized. —

Christopher Marquis, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for externalized

Verb

In the movie Pressure, that school of thinking is embodied by the meteorologist Irving Krick, who led the American forecasting effort for the Allies.

— Rebecca Hersher, NPR, 27 May 2026
In reality, ideas are embodied by people and brought forward by actions.

— Sarah Lewin Frasier, Scientific American, 27 May 2026