introvert
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
human-sciences
natural-sciences
psychology
sciences
zoology
Etymology: From New Latin intrōvertere, from intro- (“within”) and vertere (“to turn”). Popularized as a psychological term by the German works of Carl Jung. By surface analysis, intro- + -vert.
Inflected forms:
form: introverts
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: introverts
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: introverting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: introverted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: introverted
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: An organ or other body part that is or can be turned inside out, especially an anterior portion of some annelid worms capable of retraction.
pos: noun
examples: Important distinctions which obtain amongst the various ‘introverts’ or intro- and e-versible tubes so frequently met with in animal bodies.
Peanut worms (phylum Sipunculida) are drab-colored bottom dwellers, most of which are less then four inches long. Their body is divided into two sections: the trunk and the introvert. The introvert, the narrow neck-like anterior section, is used as a probe.
When a peanut worm feeds, it extends and waves its introvert so that the mouth at the tip wanders across the seabed.
The introvert is everted by hydraulic pressure exerted by contraction of body muscles on the coelomic fluid.
gloss: An introverted person: one who is considered more thoughtful than social, with a personality more inwardly than outwardly directed; one who often prefers to have time in non-social situations.
pos: noun
examples: An Extravert can hardly conceive the necessity which compels the Introvert to conquer the world by means of a system.
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.
All works of the imagination are conceived by men of the introvert type.
The introvert abstracts from the object and deals with it by concepts concentrating upon the inner world of thought.
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.
This softly spoken but fluent communicator describes himself as an introvert who prefers not to shout from the rooftops.
Dr. Kaminski’s theory developed over decades of observing clients who didn’t fully identify as either introvert or extrovert.
So if introverts look inwards, and extroverts outwards, where the hell do otroverts look? Neither of the above.
gloss: A reserved person.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
proscribed
gloss: To turn inwards.
pos: verb
examples: […] the Soul being straight, introverted […] into itself, and easily conforming to God's will and time […]
The less we look abroad, the more our ideas are introverted, and our habitual impressions... grow together into a kind of concrete substance.
gloss: To turn inwards.
pos: verb
examples: His awkward gait, his introverted toes,
Bent knees, round shoulders, and dejected looks […]
Antonyms: extrovert
extravert
Related words: ambivert
otrovert
Derived words: introvertly
introvertness
introverse
introversible
introversion
introversive
introverted
introverting
introvertish
introvertive
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