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单词 extroversion
释义

extroversion

[ ek-struh-vur-zhuhn, -shuhn, ek-struh-vur-, -stroh- ]
/ ˌɛk strəˈvɜr ʒən, -ʃən, ˈɛk strəˌvɜr-, -stroʊ- /

noun

a disposition that is energized through social engagement and languishes or chafes in solitude, resulting in a personality that is gregarious, outgoing, and sociable.
Psychology.
  1. the act of directing one's interest outward or to things outside the self.
  2. the state of being concerned primarily with things outside the self, with the external environment rather than with one's own thoughts and feelings.Compare introversion (def. 4).
Pathology. a turning inside out, as of the eyelids or of the bladder.
Also ex·tra·ver·sion [ek-struh-vur-zhuhn, -shuhn; ek-struh-vur-] /ˌɛk strəˈvɜr ʒən, -ʃən; ˈɛk strəˌvɜr-/ .

Origin of extroversion

First recorded in 1650–60 and in 1915–20 for def. 2; from extro-, alternative form of Latin adverb and preposition extrā “outside,” formed on the model of the Latin adverb intrō “inside, indoors” + Medieval Latin versiōn- (stem of versiō ), derivative of versus, past participle of vertere “to turn”; see also extro-, verse

OTHER WORDS FROM extroversion

ex·tro·ver·sive, ex·tro·ver·tive, adjectiveex·tro·ver·sive·ly, ex·tro·ver·tive·ly, adverb

Words nearby extroversion

extrinsic incubation period, extrinsic sphincter, extro-, extrorse, extrospection, extroversion, extrovert, extrude, extrusile, extrusion, extrusion press
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Example sentences from the Web for extroversion

  • However, researchers have found that, by 2nd or 3rd grade, extroversion is only half as important.

    The New Child-Testing Craze|Po Bronson, Ashley Merryman|February 17, 2010|DAILY BEAST
  • The introversion type only knows the thought principle, and the extroversion type only that of feeling.

    Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology|C. G. Jung
  • This terminology, Introversion and Extroversion, is bound up with my way of regarding mental phenomena as forms of energy.

    Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology|C. G. Jung

British Dictionary definitions for extroversion

extroversion

extraversion

/ (ˌɛkstrəˈvɜːʃən) /

noun

psychol the directing of one's interest outwards, esp towards social contacts
pathol a turning inside out of an organ or part
Compare introversion

Derived forms of extroversion

extroversive or extraversive, adjectiveextroversively or extraversively, adverb

Word Origin for extroversion

C17: from extro- (variant of extra-, contrasting with intro-) + -version, from Latin vertere to turn
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for extroversion

extroversion

n.

A turning inside out, as of an organ or part.
Interest in one's environment or in others as opposed to or to the exclusion of oneself.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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