Meanings
plural exteriorizations · alternative exteriorisation
- The physical embodiment of an abstraction.
On the one hand, Mind in the course of becoming itself loses none of the wealth of its exteriorization, and the instruments it uses for its purposes are not simply cast aside, but endure as part of its infinite richness.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume I: The Founders, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: powstanie (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 76
Synonyms & antonyms
nounembodying in an outward form
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan exteriorització
- exterioritzacióTranslations
French extériorisation
- extériorisationTranslations
Portuguese exteriorização
- exteriorizaçãoTranslations
Spanish exteriorización
- exteriorizaciónTranslations
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with exteriorization
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