extravert
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.46 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
adj
verb
Alternative spelling of extrovert, especially (early chemistry, obsolete) so as to be visible.
Example Sentences
- "An Extravert can hardly conceive the necessity which compels the Introvert to conquer the world by means of a system."
- "The personality which thus combines introvert and extravert reactions... can be... called an ‘altrovert’..."
- "It is not the moist air that extraverts any preexistent nitrous parts from the body of the minerals."
- "An extraverted individual can hardly understand the necessity that forces the introverted to accomplish his adaptation by first formulating a general conception."
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.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: extrāvertō, extrā-, -
Inflected Forms
extraverts (plural)
more extravert (comparative)
most extravert (superlative)
extraverts (present, singular)
extraverting (participle, present)
extraverted (participle, past)
extraverted (past)