externalize

(verb)

verb

1. regard as objective

Similar word(s): externalise, project

Definition categories: cognition, ascribe, assign, attribute, impute

2. make external or objective, or give reality to

- language externalizes our thoughts

Similar word(s): exteriorise, exteriorize, externalise, objectify

Definition categories: change, alter, modify

Sentences with externalize as a verb:

- Offering high-quality software as open-source externalizes benefits to a large community, but also externalizes much of the cost of testing and further development.

- Operating a low-cost, high-pollution manufacturing process externalizes costs in the form of adverse human health consequences and ecosystem effects.