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      externalize
      verb
      make external or objective, or give reality to
      regard as objective
      Roots
      externusextern- · Latin · outward, externalalis-al · Latin · relating toizein-ize · Greek · to make
      Words related to externalize
      exteriorizevobjectifyvexternalizationninternalizevinteriorizevexteriorizationnprojectnobjectivizationnintrojectninternalitynexternalitynreifyvoutwardnessninteriorizationnhypostatizevintrojectionnreificationninternalizationnhypostatizationnhypostasizevexterioritynobjectivizevintellectualizevrefactorreconceptualizevobjectivatevobjectificationnconcretizevdepersonalizevexternalsadj

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