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externalization

noun
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Definition of externalization

1a : the action or process of externalizing
b : the quality or state of being externalized
2 : something externalized : embodiment
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Examples of externalization in a Sentence

bizarre paintings that are the externalization of a very troubled psyche

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 In a liberated future, the world of objects can be an externalization of our own consciousness — Sam Kriss, The Atlantic, "You Think With the World, Not Just Your Brain," 13 Oct. 2017

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First Known Use of externalization

1803, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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