externalization

Other forms: externalizations

Definitions of externalization
  1. noun
    attributing to outside causes
    synonyms: externalisation
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    type of:
    ascription, attribution
    assigning to a cause or source
  2. noun
    embodying in an outward form
    synonyms: exteriorisation, exteriorization, externalisation
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    type of:
    objectification
    the act of representing an abstraction as a physical thing
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