Externalize vs Objectify - What's the difference?
externalize | objectify |
To make something external or objective
To represent something abstract or intangible as material; to embody
(psychology) To attribute emotions etc to external circumstances; to project
(economics) To direct to others, as costs or benefits.
to make something (such as an abstract idea) possible to be perceived by the senses
* 1906 : Jack London, White Fang
to treat as something objectively real
* 1921 : Aldous Huxley, Crome Yellow
to treat as a mere object and deny the dignity of
* 1999 : Dawson's Creek (TV, episode 3.04)
As verbs the difference between externalize and objectify
is that externalize is to make something external or objective while objectify is to make something (such as an abstract idea) possible to be perceived by the senses.externalize
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Verb
(externaliz)- Offering high-quality software as open-source externalizes''' benefits to a large community, but also '''externalizes much of the cost of testing and further development.
- Operating a low-cost, high-pollution manufacturing process externalizes costs in the form of adverse human health consequences and ecosystem effects.
objectify
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Verb
(en-verb)- It was the unknown, objectified at last, in concrete flesh and blood, bending over him and reaching down to seize hold of him.
- The mystic objectifies a rich feeling in the pit of the stomach into a cosmology.
- The entire notion of cheerleading is just a sexist attempt to try to objectify the female body.