extrovert
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extrovert
- /ˈɛkstɹəvəːt/ UK
- /ˈɛkstɹəˌvəɹt/ US
- /ɛkstɹəʊˈvəːt/ UK
- /ɛkstɹoʊˈvəɹt/ US
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)t
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Alteration of earlier extravert (by influence of introvert), from German Extravert, popularized in psychology by Phyllis Blanchard's 1918 "Psycho-Analytic Study of August Comte". By surface analysis, extro- + -vert.
noun extroverts · extravert
- An extroverted person: one who is outgoing, sociable, and concerned with outer affairs. In order to understand the marked contract between Comte's mental attitude during his early years and that of his later life, we must keep in mind Jung's hypothesis of the two psychological types, the introvert and extrovert,—the thinking type and the feeling type.
Opposite: introvert
adjective more extrovert · most extrovert · extravert
- Alternative form of extroverted: outgoing.
verb extroverts · extroverting · extroverted · extravert
- To turn or thrust outwards. The external and combustible Sulphur... is... protruded and extroverted.
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noun
Opposite: introvert
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noun one who is outgoing, sociable
| Español | extravertido, extrovertido |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 外向的な人 gaikōtekinahito |
| Português | extrovertido |
| Français | extraverti, extroverti |
| Italiano | estroverso |
| Русский | экстраве́рт ekstravért |
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title = {extrovert},
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