Definition of "acting out" [acting out]

• Present participle of act out. (verb)

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• "The second reason for acting out our decisions to manifest change is, of course, to repair the world, or what is called in the Jewish tradition tikkun olam."
• "We need to worship, and unless we train ourselves to direct that worship to God, we can easily be distracted into acting out a pseudoworship of other things."
• "You will quickly discover that it is physically impossible to remain blue or depressed while you are acting out the symptoms of being radiantly happy!"