externalization

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The process of making something external, or visible from the outside.
2. (countable, uncountable) A physical thing that typifies an abstract thing; an embodiment or personalization.
3. (countable, uncountable) In Freudian psychology, an unconscious defense mechanism by which an individual "projects" his or her own internal characteristics onto the outside world or other people.

Synonyms

externalisation

exteriorization

exteriorisation

Translations

externalisation

esteriorizzazione

exteriorització

التبرير بوجود عوامل خارجية

exteriorização

Etymology

From externalize + -ation.