objectification and externalization.

ob·jec·ti·fy (əb-jěk'tə-fī')
tr.v. ob·jec·ti·fied, ob·jec·ti·fy·ing, ob·jec·ti·fies
1.To present or regard as an object: "Because we have objectified animals, we are able to treat them impersonally" (Barry Lopez).2.To make objective, external, or concrete: thoughts objectified in art.
ob·jec'ti·fi·ca'tion (-fĭ-kā'shən) n., ob·jec'ti·fi'er n.



ex·ter·nal·ize (ĭk-stûr'nə-līz')
tr.v. ex·ter·nal·ized, ex·ter·nal·iz·ing, ex·ter·nal·iz·es
1. a.To make external.
b.To manifest externally: "Marriage is a nice way to externalize the private commitments made between you" (Patti Davis).
2.To attribute to outside causes.
3.To project or attribute (inner conflicts or feelings) to external circumstances or causes.
ex·ter'nal·i·za'tion (-lĭ-zā'shən) n.

I've been thinking a lot about objectification lately, and I saw the word externalize as a synonym. I think they are both pretty important concepts. Objectification is taking something that is not an object and making it an object, while externalization is just taking something that is inside and projecting it outward, or somehow giving it an outward expression.