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EXTERNALISATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does externalisation mean?
• EXTERNALISATION (noun)
The noun EXTERNALISATION has 2 senses:
1. attributing to outside causes
2. embodying in an outward form
Familiarity information: EXTERNALISATION used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Attributing to outside causes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
externalisation; externalization
Hypernyms ("externalisation" is a kind of...):
ascription; attribution (assigning to a cause or source)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Embodying in an outward form
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
exteriorisation; exteriorization; externalisation; externalization
Hypernyms ("externalisation" is a kind of...):
objectification (the act of representing an abstraction as a physical thing)
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