externalise
externalise — verb
1. to let feelings — usually difficult ones like anger, fear, or sadness — show in
to let feelings — usually difficult ones like anger, fear, or sadness — show in your words, face, or actions, rather than keeping them hidden inside.
Therapy helped Hiroshi externalise the anger he had carried since childhood.
externalise + emotion noun (anger / fear / grief)
Some children externalise sadness by acting out at school instead of talking about it.
externalise + abstract feeling noun
Amara found it hard to externalise her grief after her grandmother died last spring.
Painting gave Dimitri a way to externalise feelings he could never put into words.
The counsellor encouraged the boys to externalise their fear rather than bottle it up.
- internalise
to keep feelings inside or absorb them silently
- suppress
to actively push feelings down
文法句型
externalise + noun (feeling)
用法筆記
Object is almost always a difficult emotion noun (anger, fear, grief, sadness, frustration). Often appears in therapy, education, or psychology contexts and contrasts directly with 'bottle up' or 'keep inside'.