Externalization

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. That process by which a phenomenon of sensation is referred to a point in the space surrounding the body: in contradistinction to localization, by which the phenomenon is referred to some part of the body.
  • noun. The act or process of externalizing; the fact or condition of being externalized, made objective or real in space and time, or embodied; embodiment. Also externalisation.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. attributing to outside causes.
  • noun. embodying in an outward form.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. a physical thing that typifies an abstract thing; an embodiment or personalization
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. embodying in an outward form
  • noun. attributing to outside causes
  • Word Usage
    "What so often results might be described as a subjectivization of those norms, that is, their externalization into the medium of expression itself, and a simultaneous inner transformation of their content and significance."
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