externalized

Expressed outside oneself

Externalized describes something that has been expressed outwardly or made visible rather than kept internal.

Emotions can be externalized through behavior: He externalized his anxiety by pacing.

In psychology, externalizing means attributing feelings or causes to outside sources rather than oneself.

In business, externalized costs are expenses shifted to others—pollution is a classic externalized cost that society bears rather than the polluter.

blamed

scapegoated

Made to bear others' fault

projected · attributed · assigned · offloaded · redirected · transferred · imputed · ascribed · misattributed · burdened

manifested

embodied

Given corporeal expression

concretized · objectified · substantiated · incarnated · physicalized · rendered · demonstrated · displayed · exhibited · represented

disclosed

revealed

Made visible or known

divulged · confessed · admitted · acknowledged · unmasked · brought to light · laid bare · opened up · shared · let out

expressed

articulated

Having segments that bend

verbalized · stated · declared · uttered · enunciated · pronounced · announced · broadcasted · narrated · recited

Opposites
expression vs. containment

externalizedinternalized

Adopted into one's mindset

suppressed · repressed · bottled up · held in · contained

organizational/economic location

externalizedinternalized

Adopted into one's mindset

in-house · insourced · absorbed

Family

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