externalize
pronunciation
How to pronounce externalize in British English:
UK [ɪkˈstɜ:nəlaɪz]
How to pronounce externalize in American English:
US [ɪkˈstɜrnəlaɪz]
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- Verb:
- regard as objective
- make external or objective, or give reality to
Word Origin
- externalize (v.)
- 1846, from external + -ize. Related: Externalized; externalizing. Self-government begins with a reverential recognition of a supreme law: its process is a constant endeavor to render that law objective, real, operative--to externalize it, if we may use the term. ["American Review," July, 1846]
Example
- 1. It 's better to externalize your anger than to hide it .
- 2. They externalize or objectify your reactions that defeat or destroy friendship .
- 3. Resilient people seem to externalize blame and internalize success .
- 4. Will allow it to externalize .
- 5. There is a tendency to externalize all religions .