Associations to the word «Externalize»

Wiktionary

EXTERNALIZE, verb. To make something external or objective
EXTERNALIZE, verb. To represent something abstract or intangible as material; to embody
EXTERNALIZE, verb. (psychology) To attribute emotions etc to external circumstances; to project
EXTERNALIZE, verb. (economics) To direct to others, as costs or benefits.

Dictionary definition

EXTERNALIZE, verb. Regard as objective.
EXTERNALIZE, verb. Make external or objective, or give reality to; "language externalizes our thoughts".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne