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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

exteriorization en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ɛkˌstɪɹiɚɪˈzeɪʃən/ (US)
  • /ɪkˌstɪɹiɚɪˈzeɪʃən/ (US)

Etymology

From exteriorize + -ation or exterior + -ization.

Meanings

  1. The physical embodiment of an abstraction.
    • On the one hand, Mind in the course of becoming itself loses none of the wealth of its exteriorization, and the instruments it uses for its purposes are not simply cast aside, but endure as part of its infinite richness. 1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume I: The Founders, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: powstanie (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 76:
  2. The act of removing something from a body.
  3. The process of a thetan leaving its human body.

Forms

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exteriorisation alternative lexicographic
exteriorizations Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (4)

pt exteriorização (Translations) · es exteriorización (Translations) · ca exteriorització (Translations) · fr extériorisation (Translations)