externalization
The English word “externalization” has 3 meanings listed here.
noun
- The process of making something external, or visible from the outside.
- A physical thing that typifies an abstract thing; an embodiment or personalization.
- 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.
Etymology
From externalize + -ation.
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