externalizer

[ ik-stur-nl-ahy-zer ]

noun

, Psychology.

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of externalizer¹

externalize + -er ¹

Example Sentences

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.

From The New Yorker