1. the act or process of making something external or visible; the expression of internal thoughts or feelings in outward form
Usage: formal; often used in psychology and philosophy
2. in surgery, the act of bringing an internal organ or structure to the outside of the body
Usage: medical; technical

Examples

• The artist's paintings were a powerful exteriorization of her inner emotional world.
• Through therapy, he learned the importance of exteriorization—expressing his feelings rather than keeping them bottled up.
• The exteriorization of the patient's internal organs required careful surgical planning.
• Language serves as a tool for the exteriorization of abstract thoughts into concrete communication.
• The novel explores the exteriorization of unconscious desires through the protagonist's dreams.
• Exteriorization of the wound allowed the surgeon to assess the full extent of the damage.