externalize
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Synonyms
body, embody, epitomize, express, incarnate, incorporate, instantiate, manifest, materialize, personalize, personify, substantiate
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As with Steinbeckâs work diary, the primary benefit of the practice seems to lie in externalizing our inner turmoil. — Sarah Todd, Quartz at Work, "If youâve got a big career goal, you need to start keeping a work diary," 30 July 2019 There's some kind of externalizing your inner pain to your outer pain that felt really good. — Anchorage Daily News, "Podcaster brings millennial Native voices to airwaves," 28 July 2019 Nostbakken and Sadava have visually externalized the internal monologue, constantly swapping the role of who plays the Cassandra the world interacts with, and who plays the psyche. — Katie Walsh, latimes.com, "Review: Patrica Rozemaâs âMouthpieceâ delves deep into a woman's grief," 6 June 2019 So one of the main directives was externalizing the events of the book. — Tasha Robinson, The Verge, "On Netflixâs complicated Hold the Dark shoot, gratitude was the hardest part," 3 Oct. 2018 The risk in playing this kind of suffering lies in the temptation to externalize the misery, but Mr. Hawke strips away everything that might turn this into a performance. — Paul Schrader, New York Times, "Review: âFirst Reformedâ Is an Epiphany. Ethan Hawke Is, Too.," 17 May 2018 The entire process, by being externalized, seems repeatable, unlike the chance encounters of poets with their muses. — Ben Taub, The New Yorker, "Jenny Xie Writes a Sightseerâs Guide to the Self," 30 Apr. 2018 In a way Elizabeth was always internalizing everything and Margaret was always externalizing everything, so that became the basis. — Julie Kosin, Harper's BAZAAR, "Vanessa Kirby on Playing "Tragic" Princess Margaret in 'The Crown'," 4 Nov. 2016 Their methods for coping with this as adults are different: Kate externalizes her guilt, but Kevin internalizes it. — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, "A Devastating 'This Is Us' Theory Explains Why Kevin Can't Talk About Jack's Death," 20 Oct. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'externalize.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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