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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
v
1: regard as objective [syn: project, externalize, externalise]
2: make external or objective, or give reality to; "language externalizes our thoughts" [syn: exteriorize, exteriorise, externalize, externalise, objectify]
Merriam Webster's
transitive verb (-ized; -izing) Date: 18521. to make external or externally manifest2. to attribute to causes outside the self; rationalize< externalized his lack of ability to succeed >
Oxford Reference Dictionary
v.tr. (also -ise) give or attribute external existence to. Derivatives: externalization n.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Externalize Ex*ter"nal*ize, v. t. To make external; to manifest by outward form. Thought externalizes itself in language. --Soyce.
Collin's Cobuild Dictionary
(externalizes, externalizing, externalized) Note: in BRIT, also use 'externalise' If you externalize your ideas or feelings, you express them openly, in words or actions. (FORMAL) These are people who tend to externalize blame when anything goes wrong at work. ? internalize VERB: V n
