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externalisation

externalisation is the alternative spelling of externalization.

Meaning of externalization

Noun

externalization (countable and uncountable, plural externalizations)

  1. The process of making something external, or visible from the outside.
  2. A physical thing that typifies an abstract thing; an embodiment or personalization.
  3. In Freudian psychology, an unconscious defense mechanism by which an individual "projects" his or her own internal characteristics onto the outside world or other people.

Forms of externalisation

pluralexternalisations

Words that rhyme with externalisation

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Questions about externalisation

What is externalisation the alternative spelling of?
Externalisation is the alternative spelling of externalization.

Words near externalisation in the dictionary

  1. external student
  2. external urethral orifice
  3. external urethral orifices
  4. external world
  5. external worlds
  6. externalisation
  7. externalisations
  8. externalise
  9. externalised
  10. externalises
  11. externalising

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