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exteriorization

exteriorization

1 9.0
Making inner feelings or ideas show on the outside
  • noun
  • /ɪkˌstɪəriəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
translation icon : exteriorización
  • "His premise was that these sketches caught the exteriorization of inner truths more accurately than working with a stationary posed model.

Examples

  • A catalytic exteriorization phenomenon.

  • In this exteriorization, the historical subject constitutes itself as the subject of drama.

    Academic text (1997)
  • It's what's known as a catalytic exteriorization phenomenon.

  • Generally, the face alone is considered to be the mirror of the soul: the mobility of the features of the face seems to us the unique exteriorization of the spiritual life.

    Academic text (2001)
  • The artist can help us here, for the artist "sees" the world through eyes trained to acutely appreciate color, light and shadow, surface and volume, and the exteriorization of inner truths.

    Academic text (2001)
  • The artist's painting was a beautiful exteriorization of her emotions.

  • His speech was an exteriorization of the community's hopes and fears.

  • The design of the building is an exteriorization of contemporary architectural trends.

Synonyms

externalization
vsexteriorization
1 8.5

Showing inner thoughts or feelings in an outward form

is about making anything outwardly visible rather than expressing inner experience
substantialization
vsexteriorization
9.9

Making an idea or plan into something real

focuses on making things outwardly visible without implying physical reality
materialization
vsexteriorization
8.5

A spirit that appears in a visible or bodily form

describes making something outwardly visible rather than appearing bodily or tangible

Antonyms

interiorization
  • Specialized
9.1

Making beliefs or feelings part of a person's thinking

How Visible

exteriorization
1 9.0
concealment
8 5.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

exteriorization = exterior (transparent) = exterior + ization

The noun is formed regularly from 'exterior' with the process suffix '-ization', so the meaning is predictable from the base.

Etymology

The word exteriorization comes from the prefix ex- meaning 'out' and the word exterior meaning 'outside'. So exteriorization is the act of making something inside appear on the outside, a simple image to remember when feelings or ideas become visible.