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Verb: externalize  ek'stur-nu,lIz or ik'stur-nu,lIz
  1. Transfer an emotion (or state, trait, etc.) to an external person or thing
    "He externalized his anger onto his coworkers";
    - project, externalise [Brit]
     
  2. 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