CEFR C1

externalising

verb

Meaning

Expressing inner thoughts, feelings, or problems through outward actions, speech, or physical manifestations.

Examples

Therapy often encourages patients to focus on externalising their trauma to process it more effectively.
The child was externalising his anxiety by acting out aggressively in the classroom.

Synonyms: voicing, expressing, manifesting, articulating

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externalising (C1)

verb

Pronunciation: ɪkˈstɜːrnəlaɪzɪŋ

Definition

Expressing inner thoughts, feelings, or problems through outward actions, speech, or physical manifestations.

Examples

Therapy often encourages patients to focus on externalising their trauma to process it more effectively.
The child was externalising his anxiety by acting out aggressively in the classroom.
She found that externalising her creative vision through painting helped her clarify her ideas.

How to Use externalising

externalise something as something (collocation): To represent an internal state in a specific outward form. — "He externalised his grief as a series of abstract sculptures."
externalise into (prepositional phrase): To channel internal energy into an external medium. — "The group externalised their collective tension into a heated debate."

Synonyms of externalising

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Antonyms of externalising

Words with the opposite meaning to externalising:

internalising

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