introversion
/ɪntɹəˈvəɹʒən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.30 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "This disease is sometimes produced by the introversion of the edge of the lower eyelid."
- "...their... Fastings, Prayings,... Introversions,... Humiliations, Mortifications..."
- "The attending to the voice of Christ within you is what [mystics] term Introversion."
- "... Hamlet, who so perfectly typifies the introversion and complexity of modern thought as compared with ancient..."
- "...so that when in later life there occurs an introversion (in the sense of Jung), it consists of a harking back to regressive, reminiscent, infantile material."
- "I called the hysterical type the extraversion type and the psychasthénic type the introversion type."
Etymology
From New Latin intrōversio, from intrōvertere (“to turn within”), from Classical Latin intro (“within”) and vertere (“to turn”). Equivalent to introvert + -sion or intro- + -version.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɪntɹəˈvəɹʒən/
- British English: /ɪntɹəʊˈvɜːʃən/