Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

extroversion

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.92 in modern English

Syllables: ex-tro-ver-sion
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state or quality of being extroverted or an extrovert

Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

The state or quality of being extroverted or an extrovert

Uncountable

noun

The state or quality of being extroverted or an extrovert

Informal; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"in mystical Divinity... a scattering or distracting ones thoughts upon exterior objects."
"The turning of the eye of the mind from [Christ] to outward things [mystics] call Extroversion."
"In extroversion of the bladder the anterior part of this organ is more or less completely wanting."
"Extroversion is the thrusting out of the mind on to life, the use of the mind in practical affairs, the pouring out of the libido on external objects."
"In a genre characterized by brassy extroversion, The Dead is a quiet revolutionary: a musical that dares to be diffident."
"The roots of what are popularly taken to be introversion and extroversion show up in infancy: positive emotionality, or extroversion, and negative emotionality, or neuroticism."

Etymology

From extro- + -version. As a variant of extraversion, popularized in psychology by Phyllis Blanchard's use of the (then nonstandard) spelling extrovert in her publication "Psycho-Analytic Study of August Comte" (1918).

Word Breakdown

Prefix: extro-
Suffix: -version

Usage

Inflected Forms

extroversions (plural) extraversion (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

ambiversion extroversive extrovert extroverted

Synonyms

exstrophy sociability extraversion

Antonyms

introversion

Questions

What does extroversion mean?: The state or quality of being extroverted or an extrovert
Where does extroversion come from?: From extro- + -version. As a variant of extraversion, popularized in psychology by Phyllis Blanchard's use of the (then nonstandard) spelling extrovert in her publication "Psycho-Analytic Study of August Comte" (1918).

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