Verb: externalize ek'stur-nu,lIz or ik'stur-nu,lIz
- Transfer an emotion (or state, trait, etc.) to an external person or thing
"He externalized his anger onto his coworkers";
- project, externalise [Brit]
- Make external or objective, or give reality to
"language externalizes our thoughts";
- exteriorize, exteriorise [Brit], externalise [Brit], objectify
Derived forms: externalized, externalizes, externalizing
Type of: alter, ascribe, assign, attribute, change, impute, modify
Encyclopedia: Externalize