as in to embody
to represent in visible form
an actress with an expressive face that wonderfully externalizes a wide range of emotions
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Recent Examples of externalize
Those who externalize their self-perception are less likely to have a strong sense of self, which in turn, negatively impacts emotional intimacy.
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Mark Travers, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Star insomniacs, for there are such people, tend to feel free to externalize their own nightly odyssey.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
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Shifting The Blame
Leaders often externalize responsibility for setbacks:
• The market wasn’t ready.
—Victoria Vitchenco, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
Fashion, hairstyles, jewelry, and makeup are still changes that allow a person to externalize their current emotions through their appearance.
—Audrey Botta, Hartford Courant, 30 Dec. 2024
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Mark Travers, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Star insomniacs, for there are such people, tend to feel free to externalize their own nightly odyssey.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
Red Flag Warning Will Remain Until Friday Evening As Blazes Burn More Than 2,000 Structures
Google’s Gmail Upgrade—Do Not Lose Your Account
Shifting The Blame
Leaders often externalize responsibility for setbacks:
• The market wasn’t ready.
—Victoria Vitchenco, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
Fashion, hairstyles, jewelry, and makeup are still changes that allow a person to externalize their current emotions through their appearance.
—Audrey Botta, Hartford Courant, 30 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for externalize
Recent Examples of Synonyms for externalize
Verb
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Thoughtful gestures embody the ideals of her exemplary hospitality.—
Spencer Whaley,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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Like Nichols before her, Saldaña embodied Star Trek’s optimistic, socially progressive ideals, serving as a heroic, aspirational icon for young girls with their eyes on a bold future.—
Megan Vick,
EW.com,
1 Mar. 2025
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Germany is among the European countries that host U.S. nuclear weapons under NATO’s nuclear sharing policy, Outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressed reservations on Thursday in Brussels.—
Sylvie Corbet,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2025
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However, Monahan also expressed optimism about the progress of the negotiations.—
Russel Honoré,
Newsweek,
6 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Slowly incorporate physical activity into your life.—
Ashley Olivine, Ph.D., MPH,
Verywell Health,
4 Mar. 2025
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China and Russia recently incorporated interests in Antarctica into their national security strategies, and China has invested in an icebreaker fleet and the construction of satellite ground stations on the continent that could be repurposed for military applications.—
Michael Albertus,
Foreign Affairs,
4 Mar. 2025
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Epinephrine is the hormone that’s responsible for triggering that fight-or-flight feeling in the body, which can often manifest as the heart beating faster, sweating, and shaking.—
Aviel Kanter,
Glamour,
10 Mar. 2025
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That earnestness, which mars the whole script, also manifests in Rickards’ lead performance.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
8 Mar. 2025
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Peck’s car wasn’t only a grand tourer, it was bodied by the famed Carrozzeria Ghia in Turin, rather than Pininfarina.—
Howard Walker,
Robb Report,
29 Jan. 2025
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But aside from Larkin bodying him on the first goal and Edvinsson blocking his shot out to Copp for the SH goal, what struck me the most was how the Wings’ PK changes since McLellan took over worked against him specifically.—
Max Bultman,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Externalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/externalize. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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