as in embodying
to represent in visible form
an actress with an expressive face that wonderfully externalizes a wide range of emotions
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Recent Examples of externalizing
Parents completed questionnaires about their child’s mental health symptoms, both internalizing such as depression and anxiety and externalizing such as ADHD or behavioral issues.
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New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2025
The study also found that negative coparenting leads to a range of internalizing and externalizing problems for kids later in life.
—Essence, 2 Sep. 2025
New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2025
The study also found that negative coparenting leads to a range of internalizing and externalizing problems for kids later in life.
—Essence, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for externalizing
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Practice standing and walking meditation, the Microcosmic Orbit, Taiji Ruler, the Eight Treasures, cleansing the internal organs, embodying the elements and more.—
Hema Sivanandam,
Mercury News,
13 Oct. 2025
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These are basically all new roles or twists on old types, taking advantage of Poehler’s skill at embodying strong, often spunky personalities.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
12 Oct. 2025
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Bessent was recently photographed looking at what appeared to be a text from Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins expressing concern about the Argentina proposal.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
12 Oct. 2025
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Joe Maloney, a senior vice president, explained it to me — after expressing shock that kids use the apps.—
Paul Solotaroff,
Rolling Stone,
12 Oct. 2025
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At the hips, the look billowed with extra movement, incorporating both a wide-leg element and a voluminous skirt.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
13 Oct. 2025
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Routine also supports easier training, as incorporating obedience lessons into daily schedules reinforces learning through consistency.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Externalizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/externalizing. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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