extroversion
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extroversion
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From 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).
noun extroversions · extraversion
- Consideration of the material world as an aid to spiritual insight. in mystical Divinity... a scattering or distracting ones thoughts upon exterior objects.
- The condition of being inside out, especially in relation to the bladder. In extroversion of the bladder the anterior part of this organ is more or less completely wanting.
- A personality orientation towards others and things outside oneself; behavior expressing such orientation. Extroversion is the thrusting out of the mind on to life, the use of the mind in practical affairs, the pouring out of the libido on external objects.
Similar: exstrophy, sociability · Opposite: introversion
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noun
Similar: exstrophy, sociability · Opposite: introversion
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noun concern with or an orientation toward others
| Español | extroversión |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 外向性 gaikōsei |
| Français | extraversion, extroversion |
| Deutsch | Extraversion, Extroversion |
| Italiano | estroversione |
| Română | extraversiune |
| Tiếng Việt | hướng ngoại |
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