extroversion
The state or quality of being extroverted or an extrovertThe state or quality of being extroverted or an extrovert: The condition of being inside out, especially in relation to the bladder.
Meaning
3 sensesThe state or quality of being extroverted or an extrovert
(uncountable, usually)The condition of being inside out, especially in relation to the bladder.
(informal, uncountable, usually)A personality orientation towards others and things outside oneself; behavior expressing such orientation.
Extraversion, Extroversion
(obsolete, uncountable, usually)Consideration of the material world as an aid to spiritual insight.
- (psychology) an extroverted disposition; concern with what is outside the self
Translations
4 languagesOrigin
From extro- + -version. As a variant of extraversion, popularized in psychology by PhyllisFrom extro- + -version. As a variant of extraversion, popularized in psychology by Phyllis Blanchard's use of the (then nonstandard) spelling extrovert in her publication "Psycho-Analytic Study of August Comte" (1918).
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Forms
plural: extroversionsSynonyms
3 synonyms- (psychology) an extroverted disposition; concern with what is outside the self:extraversion
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable