extroversion

[ ek-struh-vur-zhuhn, -shuhn, ek-struh-vur-, -stroh- ]
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noun
  1. a disposition that is energized through social engagement and languishes or chafes in solitude, resulting in a personality that is gregarious, outgoing, and sociable.

  2. Psychology.

    • the act of directing one's interest outward or to things outside the self.

    • the state of being concerned primarily with things outside the self, with the external environment rather than with one's own thoughts and feelings.: Compare introversion (def. 4).

  1. Pathology. a turning inside out, as of the eyelids or of the bladder.

Origin of extroversion

1
First recorded in 1650–60 and in 1915–20 for def. 2; from extro-, alternative form of Latin adverb and preposition extrā “outside,” formed on the model of the Latin adverb intrō “inside, indoors” + Medieval Latin versiōn- (stem of versiō ), derivative of versus, past participle of vertere “to turn”; see also extro-, verse1
  • Also ex·tra·ver·sion [ek-struh-vur-zhuhn, -shuhn; ek-struh-vur-] /ˌɛk strəˈvɜr ʒən, -ʃən; ˈɛk strəˌvɜr-/ .

Other words from extroversion

  • ex·tro·ver·sive, ex·tro·ver·tive, adjective
  • ex·tro·ver·sive·ly, ex·tro·ver·tive·ly, adverb

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British Dictionary definitions for extroversion

extroversion

extraversion

/ (ˌɛkstrəˈvɜːʃən) /


noun
  1. psychol the directing of one's interest outwards, esp towards social contacts

  2. pathol a turning inside out of an organ or part

Origin of extroversion

1
C17: from extro- (variant of extra-, contrasting with intro-) + -version, from Latin vertere to turn

Derived forms of extroversion

  • extroversive or extraversive, adjective
  • extroversively or extraversively, adverb

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