EXTERNALIZER Definition & Meaning

externalizer

[ ik-stur-nl-ahy-zer ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Psychology.

a person who draws a locus of control from the external world, depending on others as a source of values, ideas, and security.

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Origin of externalizer¹

externalize + -er ¹

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She is a relentless externalizer, which infuses her plots with a certain energy; but many of her characters do things for reasons they don’t seem to understand themselves, and the reader ends up little wiser.

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