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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ex•tro•ver•sion (ek′strə vûr′zhən, -shən, ek′strə vûr′-, -strō-),USA pronunciation n. - PsychologyAlso, extraversion.
- the act of directing one's interest outward or to things outside the self.
- the state of being concerned primarily with things outside the self, with the external environment rather than with one's own thoughts and feelings. Cf. introversion (def. 3).
- Pathologya turning inside out, as of the eyelids or of the bladder.
- 1650–60; 1915–20 for def. 1; extro- + Latin versiōn- (stem of versiō) a turning
ex′tro•ver′sive, ex′tro•ver′tive, adj. ex′tro•ver′sive•ly, ex′tro•ver′tive•ly, adv. |