externalizing

Externalizing means expressing or manifesting something internal—making private thoughts, feelings, or costs visible to others.

In psychology, externalizing behaviors like aggression or defiance direct inner distress outward, contrasted with internalizing behaviors like anxiety or withdrawal.

In economics, externalizing costs means shifting them to others: The factory externalized pollution costs onto the community.

The word often carries critical weight, implying that what's being pushed outward should properly be kept or addressed within.