In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
EXTERNALIZATION
externalization, externalisation, exteriorization, exteriorisation
(noun) embodying in an outward form
externalization, externalisation
(noun) attributing to outside causes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
externalization (countable and uncountable, plural externalizations)
The process of making something external, or visible from the outside.
A physical thing that typifies an abstract thing; an embodiment or personalization.
(psychology) In Freudian psychology, an unconscious defense mechanism by which an individual "projects" his or her own internal characteristics onto the outside world or other people.
Source: Wiktionary
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