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extrinsication

extrinsication noun: the act or process of extrinsicating.

Noun

extrinsication (countable and uncountable, plural extrinsications)

  1. The act or process of extrinsicating.
    • The different elementary acts , of which language consists , are functional extrinsications of diverse parts of the brain, which are closely affiliated in reciprocal functional, and therefore, anatomical relation.1887, Charles Hamilton Hughes, Alienist and Neurologist - Volume 8, page 211
    • The process of putting on a canvas what the artist has in mind Croce calls “extrinsication,” not creation, for the actual painting adds nothing but extrinsication to the artistic intuition already created in the artist's mind.1964, Archie J. Bahm, Philosophy: An Introduction, page 298

Examples of extrinsication in a sentence

  • So why not exclude also the small band of determinable consciousness, obtaining in exchange the entire psychic extrinsication, namely behavior?2011, Chiara Bottici, Benoît Challand, The Politics of Imagination, page 77:
  • I feel content,” continued Oriana whose physical and spiritual pain had by now removed any barrier of reticence in the extrinsication of her true feelings for the other.2013, Rita Petrini, The Woman with a Hat Full of Cherries, page 542:

Forms of extrinsication

pluralextrinsications

Origin of extrinsication

From extrinsicate + -ion.

Questions about extrinsication

What does extrinsication mean?
Extrinsication means the act or process of extrinsicating.
How do you use extrinsication in a sentence?
So why not exclude also the small band of determinable consciousness, obtaining in exchange the entire psychic extrinsication, namely behavior?
What part of speech is extrinsication?
Extrinsication is a noun.
What is the plural of extrinsication?
The plural of extrinsication is extrinsications.

Words near extrinsication in the dictionary

  1. extrinsicals
  2. extrinsicate
  3. extrinsicated
  4. extrinsicates
  5. extrinsicating
  6. extrinsication
  7. extrinsications
  8. extrinsick
  9. extrinsicness
  10. extrinsics
  11. extripate

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