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in·tro·vert

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–noun

1.	a shy person.

2.	Psychology. a person characterized by concern primarily with his or her own thoughts and feelings (opposed to extrovert).

3.	Zoology. a part that is or can be introverted.

–adjective

4.	Psychology. marked by introversion.

–verb (used with object)

5.	to turn inward: to introvert one's anger.

6.	Psychology. to direct (the mind, one's interest, etc.) partly to things within the self.

7.	Anatomy, Zoology. to turn (a hollow, cylindrical structure) in on itself; invaginate.

[Origin: 1660–70; intro- + (in)vert

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in·tro·vert Audio Help (ĭn'trə-vûrt', ĭn'trə-vûrt') Pronunciation Key
tr.v. in·tro·vert·ed, in·tro·vert·ing, in·tro·verts

To turn or direct inward.
Psychology To concentrate (one's interests) upon oneself.
Medicine To turn (a tubular organ or part) inward upon itself.

n. (ĭn'trə-vûrt')

Psychology An introverted person.
Medicine An anatomical structure that is capable of being introverted.

[intro- + Latin vertere, to turn; see wer-² in Indo-European roots.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
introvert (v.)

1654 (implied in introversion), from L. intro- "inward" + vertere "to turn" (see versus). Introverted (adj.) is from 1781. The noun (opposed to extrovert) is 1918, from Ger. psychology, introduced there by C.G. Jung (1875-1961).

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introvert
noun
1.	(psychology) a person who tends to shrink from social contacts and to become preoccupied with their own thoughts [ant: extravert]
verb
1.	fold inwards; "some organs can invaginate" [syn: invaginate]
2.	turn inside; "He introverted his feelings"

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
introvert [ˈintrəvəːt] noun

a person who is more concerned with his own thoughts and feelings than with other people or happenings outside him

Arabic:	مُنْطَوٍ على ذاتِه
Chinese (Simplified):	内向性格者
Chinese (Traditional):	內向性格者
Czech:	introvert
Danish:	indadvendt
Dutch:	in zichzelf gekeerd iemand
Estonian:	introvert
Finnish:	introvertti
French:	introverti, *-ie
German:	introvertierter Mensch
Greek:	εσωστρεφής
Hungarian:	befelé forduló egyén
Icelandic:	innhverfur maður
Indonesian:	introvert
Italian:	introverso

Japanese:	内向的な人
Korean:	내성적인 사람
Latvian:	introverts
Lithuanian:	intravertas
Norwegian:	innadvendt person
Polish:	introwertyk
Portuguese (Brazil):	introvertido
Portuguese (Portugal):	introvertido
Romanian:	introvertit
Russian:	интроверт
Slovak:	introvert
Slovenian:	vase zaprt človek
Spanish:	introvertido
Swedish:	inåtvänd, introvert
Turkish:	içine kapanık kimse

American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
introvert [(in-truh-vurt)]

A term introduced by the psychologist Carl Jung to describe a person whose motives and actions are directed inward. Introverts tend to be preoccupied with their own thoughts and feelings and minimize their contact with other people. (Compare extrovert.)

[Chapter:] Anthropology, Psychology, and Sociology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Introvert

In*trorse"\, a. [L. introrsus inward, contr. from introversus. See Introvert.] (Bot.) Turning or facing inward, or toward the axis of the part to which it belongs. --Gray.

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