as in manifestation
a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)
bizarre paintings that are the externalization of a very troubled psyche
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But this depiction of public shaming feels like a paranoid fantasy, an externalization of May’s guilt, rather than a believable development.
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Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
Eventually, this paradigm shift allowed for the externalization of rivalries through international competition: namely, the motive to surpass national rivals in the colonial race.
—Selim Can Sazak, Foreign Affairs, 27 Oct. 2016
Interludes in which the accusing faces of prisoners silently fill the frame act as a sort of externalization of his survivor’s guilt.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
Lizzy’s landlord, Jo (Hong Chau), constructs enormous, colorful webs, externalizations of her open personality.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 22 June 2023
But Europe’s externalization policies haven’t worked.
—Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2023
The externalization of their depressive symptoms leads to some dark places as a result of Amy and Danny’s ongoing beef: Amy’s young daughter, June (Remy Holt), is placed in danger several times, Danny’s brother Paul (Young Mazino) almost dies, and Jordan is killed.
—Erin Qualey, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2023
Not quite, but soca music demands externalization.
—Victoria Brown, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 Feb. 2021
Montage of Heck is a very linear biography with one trick, which is Kurt’s externalization of his interior life, in essence presented through his artwork.
—Vulture, 15 Sep. 2022
Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
Eventually, this paradigm shift allowed for the externalization of rivalries through international competition: namely, the motive to surpass national rivals in the colonial race.
—Selim Can Sazak, Foreign Affairs, 27 Oct. 2016
Interludes in which the accusing faces of prisoners silently fill the frame act as a sort of externalization of his survivor’s guilt.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
Lizzy’s landlord, Jo (Hong Chau), constructs enormous, colorful webs, externalizations of her open personality.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 22 June 2023
But Europe’s externalization policies haven’t worked.
—Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2023
The externalization of their depressive symptoms leads to some dark places as a result of Amy and Danny’s ongoing beef: Amy’s young daughter, June (Remy Holt), is placed in danger several times, Danny’s brother Paul (Young Mazino) almost dies, and Jordan is killed.
—Erin Qualey, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2023
Not quite, but soca music demands externalization.
—Victoria Brown, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 Feb. 2021
Montage of Heck is a very linear biography with one trick, which is Kurt’s externalization of his interior life, in essence presented through his artwork.
—Vulture, 15 Sep. 2022
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“Externalization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/externalization. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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