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 

• EXTERNALISATION (noun)

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)