Externalizes

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Shows or makes something internal visible or known outside oneself
2. Makes an internal thought, feeling, or quality apparent to others
3. Reveals or projects something that was previously inside or hidden

Etymology: "Externalize" is built from "external," which comes from the Latin "externus," meaning "outside" or "outward." That adjective grows from "exter," which in turn rests on "ex," meaning "out of" or "from." The idea of something moving outward is therefore built into the root. The verb adds the suffix "-ize," which entered English through French and Latin from the Greek "-izein." That suffix turns nouns and adjectives into verbs meaning "to make or cause to be," so the literal sense is "to make external." The modern sense, of making an inner feeling, thought, or conflict visible to others, is a figurative extension of that physical idea.

Synonyms: expresses, manifests

Antonyms: internalizes