Extroversion

Definitions

1. The state or quality of being extroverted or an extrovert
   obsolete, uncountable, usually
2. Consideration of the material world as an aid to spiritual insight.
   obsolete, uncountable, usually
3. The condition of being inside out, especially in relation to the bladder.
   uncountable, usually
4. A personality orientation towards others and things outside oneself; behavior expressing such orientation.
   informal, uncountable, usually

Equivalents

11 more languages

العربيةالإهتمام بإرضاء الاخرين

Češtinaextroverze

Suomiekstraversioekstroversioulospäinsuuntautuneisuus

Gaeilgeeisdíritheacht

Italianoestroversione

日本語外向性

ქართულიექსტრავერსია

Nederlandsextraversie

Românăextraversiune

Svenskasamhällstillvändhetutåtvändhetvärldstillvändhet

Tiếng Việthướng ngoại

Examples

“in mystical Divinity... a scattering or distracting ones thoughts upon exterior objects.”

“The turning of the eye of the mind⟳ from [Christ] to outward things [mystics] call⟳ Extroversion.”

“In extroversion of the bladder the anterior part of this organ is more or less completely wanting.”

“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.”

“In a genre characterized by brassy extroversion, The Dead is a quiet revolutionary: a musical that dares to be diffident.”

“The roots of what are popularly taken to be introversion and extroversion show⟳ up in infancy: positive emotionality, or extroversion, and negative emotionality, or neuroticism.”

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