extrovert
/ˈɛkstɹəˌvəɹt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.57 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "In order to understand the marked contract between Comte's mental attitude during his early years and that of his later life, we must keep in mind Jung's hypothesis of the two psychological types, the introvert and extrovert,—the thinking type and the feeling type."
- "He cannot find the fabled boatman, but he does come across the two stone images that belong to the boatman, and in rage and frustration, the great heroic extrovert, the man who is used to acting out whatever he feels inside, smashes the stones."
- "To see your identity in any single trait – introvert, extrovert, or neurotic – is to limit your life."
- "If you’re an extrovert and the thought of weeks or months of social distancing has you jumping out of your skin, rest assured. Your feelings are normal. And we’re here to help. […] And while her introverted clients may be feeling less stressed, and sometimes even emboldened by social distancing, Blandino said both extroverts and introverts can leverage technology to weather the storm."
- "So if introverts look inwards, and extroverts outwards, where the hell do otroverts look? Neither of the above."
- "The external and combustible Sulphur... is... protruded and extroverted."
Etymology
Alteration of earlier extravert (by influence of introvert), from German Extravert, popularized in psychology by Phyllis Blanchard's 1918 "Psycho-Analytic Study of August Comte". By surface analysis, extro- + -vert.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɛkstɹəˌvəɹt/
- British English: /ˈɛkstɹəvəːt/
Usage
Inflected Forms
extroverts (plural)
extravert (alternative)
more extrovert (comparative)
most extrovert (superlative)
extroverts (present, singular)
extroverting (participle, present)
extroverted (participle, past)
extroverted (past)