extrovert — English Dictionary

Noun

1. An extroverted person: one who is outgoing, sociable, and concerned with outer affairs.

   Usage

   • Informal

   Related words

   ambivertextrovertedextroversionotrovert

   Examples

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   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.

   He cannot find the fabled boatman, but he does come across the two stone images that belong to the boatman, and in rage and frustration, the great heroic extrovert, the man who is used to acting out whatever he feels inside, smashes the stones.

   To see your identity in any single trait – introvert, extrovert, or neurotic – is to limit your life.

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   If you’re an extrovert and the thought of weeks or months of social distancing has you jumping out of your skin, rest assured. Your feelings are normal. And we’re here to help. […] And while her introverted clients may be feeling less stressed, and sometimes even emboldened by social distancing, Blandino said both extroverts and introverts can leverage technology to weather the storm.

   So if introverts look inwards, and extroverts outwards, where the hell do otroverts look? Neither of the above.

Verb

1. To turn or thrust outwards.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Examples

   The external and combustible Sulphur... is... protruded and extroverted.

Adjective

1. being concerned with the social and physical environment

   Synonyms

   extravertextrovertedextravertedextrovertiveextravertive

Noun

1. (psychology) a person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings

   Synonyms

   extravert

   Antonyms

   introvert

   Broader terms

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