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.