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extravert - 4 dictionary results

ex⋅tra⋅vert

[ek-struh-vurt]
–noun, adjective, verb (used with object)
extrovert.

ex⋅tro⋅vert

[ek-struh-vurt, -stroh-]
–noun
1. an outgoing, gregarious person.
2. Psychology. a person characterized by extroversion; a person concerned primarily with the physical and social environment (opposed to introvert ).
–adjective
3. Also, ex⋅tro⋅vert⋅ed. Psychology. marked by extroversion.
–verb (used with object)
4. Psychology. to direct (the mind, one's interest, etc.) outward or to things outside the self.
Also, extravert.


Origin:
1665–75; extro- + L vertere to turn
ex·tra·vert   (ěk'strə-vûrt')   
n.  Variant of extrovert.
ex·tro·vert also ex·tra·vert   (ěk'strə-vûrt')   
n.  An extroverted person.

[Alteration (influenced by introvert) of extravert : extra- + Latin vertere, vers-, to turn; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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