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▪ I. introvert, v.|ɪntrəʊˈvɜːt|
[f. L. type *intrōvertĕre (prob. in mod.L.), f. intro- + vertĕre to turn: cf. L. intrōversus adv.]
To turn inwards.
1. trans. To turn (the mind, thought, etc.) inwards upon itself; to direct (one's thinking or effort) to that which is internal or spiritual.
1669Woodhead St. Teresa i. Pref. 28 The Soul being straight, introverted..into itself, and easily conforming to God's will and time. 1822Hazlitt Table-t., Prejudice (1852) 85 The less we look abroad, the more our ideas are introverted, and our habitual impressions..grow together into a kind of concrete substance. 1830H. N. Coleridge Grk. Poets (1834) 26 The mind of the old poets was rarely introverted on itself.
2. To turn or bend inwards (physically); in Zool. to turn (a part or organ) inwards upon itself; to withdraw a part within its own tube or base, as the finger of a glove may be withdrawn.
1784[see introverted 2]. 1883E. Ray Lankester in Encycl. Brit. XVI. 652/2 (Mollusca) It cannot be completely everted owing to the muscular bands, nor can it be fully introverted owing to the bands which tie the axial pharynx to the adjacent wall of the apical part of the introvert.
▪ II. introvert, n. Zool.|ˈɪntrəʊvɜːt|
[f. prec. vb.: cf. convert n.]
1. A part or organ that is or can be introverted.
1883E. Ray Lankester in Encycl. Brit. XVI. 652/1 (Mollusca) Important distinctions which obtain amongst the various ‘introverts’ or intro- and e-versible tubes so frequently met with in animal bodies. 1885Ibid. XIX. 431/1 (Polyzoa) The anterior portion of the body of the polypide can be pulled into the hinder part as the finger of a glove may be tucked into the hand. It is, in fact, an ‘introvert’.
2. Psychol. A person characterized by introversion; a withdrawn or reserved person; opp. extrovert n. Also attrib. and as adj. Also ˈintrovertish a., said of such a person, his activities, etc.
1918, etc. [see extrovert n. (and a.)]. 1925C. Fox Educational Psychol. 254 The introvert abstracts from the object and deals with it by concepts concentrating upon the inner world of thought. 1934Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. July 26 They were noticeably more introvert, schizoid and desurgent in temperament. 1946R. P. Basler in W. S. Knickerbocker 20th Cent. English iii. 392 In the snugness of introvertish isolation, there is always time, an eternity for continual deception and indecision. 1955L. Langstroth Struct. of Ego vii. 82 This question of the relative strength of the social and biological selves suggests at once Jung's broad division of personalities into two main types: the introvert and the extrovert. 1957H. J. Eysenck Dynamics Anxiety & Hysteria vi. 213 The introvert, as we have seen, is socialized. 1960Encounter XV. 47 The introvert-intellectual is the hero of several of Buchan's works. 1967M. Argyle Psychol. Interpersonal Behaviour iii. 50 Experiments with schoolchildren show that introverts respond better to praise. |