exteriorize
Bring to surface
Exteriorize means to make outward or visible what is internal or hidden.
In psychology and philosophy, it often describes expressing inner thoughts, feelings, or mental states through external behavior or speech.
Medical usage refers to surgically bringing an internal organ or tissue to the body's surface.
The therapy helped her exteriorize emotions she had long suppressed.
The word shares meaning with externalize, though exteriorize tends toward more technical or clinical contexts.
Express through physical form
- materializeBecome physically present
- objectifyTreat as mere thing
- personifyRepresent as human
- reifyTreat abstraction as concrete
substantiate · actualize · concretize · realize · incarnate · projection · objectification · physicalize
Reveal what's hidden
- discloseReveal hidden information
- exposeMake known publicly
- unveilReveal something hidden
- showMake something apparent
unmask · bare · display · surface · demonstrate · exhibit · present · manifest
Express clearly, or well-spoken
- conveyCommunicate or transport
- voiceSound from throat
- communicateExchange thoughts with others
- verbalizeExpress in speech
disclose · utter · enunciate · state · declare · announce · proclaim · broadcast
Planned, effortful task
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- transferenceRedirecting feelings to substitutes
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- attributeQuality assigned to something
redirect · dissociate · deflect · displace · psychodynamic · unconscious · repression
embody
Express through physical form
- materializeBecome physically present
- objectifyTreat as mere thing
- personifyRepresent as human
reify · substantiate · actualize · concretize · realize · incarnate · projection · objectification · physicalize
uncover
Reveal what's hidden
show · unmask · bare · display · surface · demonstrate · exhibit · present · manifest
articulate
Express clearly, or well-spoken
- conveyCommunicate or transport
- voiceSound from throat
- communicateExchange thoughts with others
verbalize · disclose · utter · enunciate · state · declare · announce · proclaim · broadcast · divulge
project
Planned, effortful task
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- transferenceRedirecting feelings to substitutes
- projectionSomething that extends outward
attribute · redirect · dissociate · deflect · displace · psychodynamic · unconscious · repression
eviscerate
Remove internal organs
stoma · colostomy · ileostomy · operative · viscera · protrude
exteriorizeinternalize
Adopt beliefs as one's own
implant · embed · enclose · insert · incorporate
exteriorizeinternalize
Adopt beliefs as one's own
introject · absorb · take in · self-blame · introspect