verb
- to express or display (something internal, such as a feeling or thought) outwardly; to make external or visible
- in surgery, to bring (an internal organ or part) outside the body
Usage: also spelled 'exteriorise' in British English
Usage: medical/surgical term
Examples
- She struggled to exteriorize her deepest fears in the therapy session.
- The artist used bold colors to exteriorize the emotional turmoil of the character.
- Children often exteriorize their anxieties through play and drawing.
- The surgeon had to exteriorize the organ to repair the damage.
- His anger was difficult to exteriorize in a professional setting.
- The poet's verses exteriorize the pain of lost love.