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extravert en · ADJ

Etymology

As a verb, from New Latin extrāvertō, from Classical Latin extrā- (“outside”) + vertō (“to turn”). As a noun and adjective, a back-formation from extraversion. Popularized in psychology by translations of German works by Carl Jung. By surface analysis, extra- + -vert.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of extrovert.
   alt of extrovert
   • The personality which thus combines introvert and extravert reactions... can be... called an ‘altrovert’... 1924, A.G. Ikin, The British Journal of Medical Psychology, number 4, page 214:

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extravert en · NOUN

Etymology

As a verb, from New Latin extrāvertō, from Classical Latin extrā- (“outside”) + vertō (“to turn”). As a noun and adjective, a back-formation from extraversion. Popularized in psychology by translations of German works by Carl Jung. By surface analysis, extra- + -vert.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of extrovert.
   alt of extrovert
   • An Extravert can hardly conceive the necessity which compels the Introvert to conquer the world by means of a system. 1916, Constance Ellen Long trans. Carl Jung as Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology, p. 349

Forms

Deriveds

extravertish · extravertive

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extravert en · VERB

Etymology

As a verb, from New Latin extrāvertō, from Classical Latin extrā- (“outside”) + vertō (“to turn”). As a noun and adjective, a back-formation from extraversion. Popularized in psychology by translations of German works by Carl Jung. By surface analysis, extra- + -vert.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of extrovert, especially (early chemistry, obsolete) so as to be visible.
   alt of extrovert
   • It is not the moist air that extraverts any preexistent nitrous parts from the body of the minerals. 1669, William Simpson, Hydrologia Chymica, page 52:
   • An extraverted individual can hardly understand the necessity that forces the introverted to accomplish his adaptation by first formulating a general conception. 1915, Carl Jung, “On Psychological Understanding”, in Journal of Abnormal Psychology, number 9, page 397:

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