extravert

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Definition of extravert

3 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of extrovert.
    “An Extravert can hardly conceive the necessity which compels the Introvert to conquer the world by means of a system.”
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noun

  1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of extrovert.
    “An Extravert can hardly conceive the necessity which compels the Introvert to conquer the world by means of a system.”

adj

  1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of extrovert.
    “The personality which thus combines introvert and extravert reactions... can be... called an ‘altrovert’...”

verb

  1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of extrovert, especially (early chemistry, obsolete) so as to be visible.
    “It is not the moist air that extraverts any preexistent nitrous parts from the body of the minerals.”
    “An extraverted individual can hardly understand the necessity that forces the introverted to accomplish his adaptation by first formulating a general conception.”

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Etymology

As a verb, from New Latin extrāvertō, from Classical Latin extrā- (“outside”) + vertō (“to turn”). As a noun and adjective, a back-formation from extraversion. Popularized in psychology by translations of German works by Carl Jung. By surface analysis, extra- + -vert.

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