exteriorization
- noun
- /ɪkˌstɪəriəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
- "His premise was that these sketches caught the exteriorization of inner truths more accurately than working with a stationary posed model.
Examples
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A catalytic exteriorization phenomenon.
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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.
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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.
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His speech was an exteriorization of the community's hopes and fears.
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The design of the building is an exteriorization of contemporary architectural trends.
Synonyms
Showing inner thoughts or feelings in an outward form
Making an idea or plan into something real
A spirit that appears in a visible or bodily form
Antonyms
How Visible
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.