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What does externalize mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word externalize? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. To make something external or objective
  2. To represent something abstract or intangible as material; to embody
  3. (psychology) To attribute emotions etc to external circumstances; to project
  4. (economics) To direct to others, as costs or benefits.
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If the limits are set too low it could even become a licence to pollute or cause injury to others and externalize the real costs of the operator.
He argued that Europe must not externalize health costs and the financial burden on the country of origin.
Furthermore, it did not appear that the gender differences in depression were the result of men being more likely to externalize their anger.
Nevertheless, reduced scale approaches may externalize limiting factors, which are not applicable at national levels.
As a community where shame has to be denied and aggressively projected outside of the self they feel strongly inclined to externalize this shame in violence.
Boys are more likely to externalize their response to violence, displaying, for example, increased aggression, delinquency and spousal abuse.

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