verb
1. regard as objective
• Syn: ↑project, ↑externalize
• Topics: ↑psychology, ↑psychological science
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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Somebody ——s something PP
2. make external or objective, or give reality to
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language externalizes our thoughts
• Syn: ↑exteriorize, ↑exteriorise, ↑externalize, ↑objectify
• Derivationally related forms: ↑objectification (for: ↑objectify), ↑object (for: ↑objectify), ↑exteriorisation (for: ↑exteriorise)
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
Useful english dictionary. 2012.