extroversion
a disposition that is energized through social engagement and languishes or chafes in solitude, resulting in a personality that is gregarious, outgoing, and sociable.
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).
Pathology. a turning inside out, as of the eyelids or of the bladder.
Origin of extroversion
1- 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
Words Nearby extroversion
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How to use extroversion in a sentence
It puts a premium on flexibility, versatility, and extroversion.
Art has been brutalized by tech’s giants. How can it survive? | Konstantin Kakaes | December 23, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewHowever, researchers have found that, by 2nd or 3rd grade, extroversion is only half as important.
This terminology, Introversion and extroversion, is bound up with my way of regarding mental phenomena as forms of energy.
Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology | C. G. JungThe introversion type only knows the thought principle, and the extroversion type only that of feeling.
Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology | C. G. Jung
British Dictionary definitions for extroversion
extraversion
/ (ˌɛkstrəˈvɜːʃən) /
psychol the directing of one's interest outwards, esp towards social contacts
pathol a turning inside out of an organ or part
Origin of extroversion
1- Compare introversion
Derived forms of extroversion
- extroversive or extraversive, adjective
- extroversively or extraversively, adverb
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