exteriorization
Making something visible
Exteriorization is the act of making something internal visible or external.
In psychology, it refers to projecting inner feelings outward—expressing emotions through behavior or attributing them to external causes.
In medicine, it means surgically bringing an internal organ or structure to the body's surface: exteriorization of the colon for a colostomy.
The word also appears in certain spiritual traditions to describe the soul or consciousness leaving the body.
Clear vocal expression
- verbalizationExpressing through speech
- vocalizationProducing sounds with voice
- utteranceSpoken expression aloud
- voicingExpressing aloud
enunciation · communication · conveyance · declaration · pronouncement · statement · disclosure · divulgence
Concrete manifestation of idea
- manifestationOutward display of something
- realizationGrasping what's true
- actualizationMaking something fully real
- concretizationMaking abstract things tangible
objectification · substantiation · incarnation · personification · crystallization · emergence · formation · appearance
Something that extends outward
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- transferenceRedirecting feelings to substitutes
- sublimationSolid to gas directly
- somatizationMental distress expressed physically
dissociation · splitting · unconscious · psychoanalysis · psychodynamic · therapeutic · repression · regression
Removing internal organs
- prolapseOrgan slipping from place
- herniationOrgan protruding abnormally
- stomaBody or leaf opening
- ostomySurgical opening for excretion
laparotomy · incision · exposure · decompression · abdominal · postoperative · complication · bowel
articulation
Clear vocal expression
- verbalizationExpressing through speech
- vocalizationProducing sounds with voice
- utteranceSpoken expression aloud
voicing · enunciation · communication · conveyance · declaration · pronouncement · statement · disclosure · divulgence · manifestation
embodiment
Concrete manifestation of idea
- manifestationOutward display of something
- realizationGrasping what's true
- actualizationMaking something fully real
concretization · objectification · substantiation · incarnation · personification · crystallization · emergence · formation · appearance
projection
Something that extends outward
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- transferenceRedirecting feelings to substitutes
- sublimationSolid to gas directly
somatization · dissociation · splitting · unconscious · psychoanalysis · psychodynamic · therapeutic · repression · regression
evisceration
Removing internal organs
- prolapseOrgan slipping from place
- herniationOrgan protruding abnormally
- stomaBody or leaf opening
ostomy · laparotomy · incision · exposure · decompression · abdominal · postoperative · complication · bowel · visceral
façade
False outward appearance
envelope · siding · facing · coating · shell · weatherproofing
exteriorizationinternalization
Absorbing ideas as one's own
interiorization · introjection · internalizing · absorption · incorporation
exteriorizationinternalizing
Making beliefs your own
concealment · suppression · repression · containment · withholding
external, exterior, externalize, exteriors, extern, externalized, externalization, externality, externalizes