Extrovert

//ˈɛkstɹəˌvəɹt// adj, noun, verb, slang

adj, noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

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

    "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."

  2. 2
    (psychology) a person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To turn or thrust outwards. transitive

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

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of extroverted: outgoing. alt-of, alternative, informal
Adjective
  1. 1
    being concerned with the social and physical environment wordnet

Synonyms

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cholericextravertextravertextravertedextravertiveextravertive

Example

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"It is known that Siamese cats are extrovert."

Etymology

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.

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