ambivert
/ˈambɪvəːt
/noun Psychology
A person who has a balance of extrovert and introvert features in their personality.Some people fall closer to the extremes while others, known as ambiverts, settle in the middle....
- Dr. Brian Little had attendees roaring with laughter with his psychological analysis of extraverts, introverts and ambiverts and how we are more efficient together.
- Introverts tended to outperform ambiverts rather than the reverse.
Derivatives
ambiversion
- It was suggested that the executive nurses should be those with a higher educational level, extraversion or ambiversion.
Origin
1920s: from Latin ambi- 'on both sides', on the pattern of extrovert and introvert.