verbalisation

Putting into words

Verbalisation is the act of putting thoughts, feelings, or ideas into words.

The British spelling of verbalization.

To verbalise something is to express it aloud or in writing: The therapist encouraged verbalisation of her fears.

The term appears often in psychology and education, where articulating internal states is considered important for processing them.

articulation

pronunciation

Manner of speaking words

vocalization · utterance · intonation · inflection · modulation · elocution · prosody · accentuation · cadence · phonetics

speech

oration

Formal public speech

discourse · monologue · dialogue · declamation · proclamation · announcement · testimony · recitation · presentation · declaration

expression

eloquence

Persuasive verbal grace

wording · phrasing · formulation · rhetoric · locution · lexicon · vocabulary · prose · poetry · monologue

explanation

clarification

Making meaning plain

exposition · definition · illustration · unpacking · disambiguation · demystification · simplification · annotation · commentary · gloss

dialogue

conversation

Exchange of spoken ideas

interlocution · talk · colloquy · debate · conferencing · negotiation · parley · chat · banter · back-and-forth

narration

storytelling

Recounting events aloud

recital · anecdote · tale · chronicle · description · relating · retelling · reportage · testimony · voiceover

Opposites
mode of expression

verbalisationnonverbal communication

Wordless transmission of meaning

nonverbal expression · gesture · body language · mime · pantomime

externalization

verbalisationinternalization

Absorbing ideas as one's own

suppression · repression · concealment · withholding · bottling up

communicative action

verbalisationsilence

Total lack of sound

muteness · speechlessness · wordlessness · saying nothing · taciturnity

Family

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