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externalize

[ik-stur-nl-ahyz] / ɪkˈstɜr nlˌaɪz /


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In contrast, Joe imagines a rich inner life that he externalized in destructive ways.

From Salon

The chimera, as Diel writes, externalizes a certain danger, “in the form of a monster encountered by chance,” that “chimerical enemy” that “every man carries secretly within himself ... the devouring monster.”

From New York Times

The costs of the eggs from hens raised on these grains are externalized onto our public health system and the degradation of our environment, essentially subsidized by taxpayers and Mother Nature.

From Salon

Goya’s private, internalized fears are externalized, transforming into intimate, vaguely satirical spectacle.

From Los Angeles Times

The trick, then, was to try to find new ways to externalize that drama for a modern TV audience, as he imagined Rice might have wanted.

From New York Times