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extroversion

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The state or quality of being extroverted or an extrovert

Consideration of the material world as an aid to spiritual insight.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, uncountable, usually

Topics: lifestyle, religion

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noun

Meaning 2

The state or quality of being extroverted or an extrovert

The condition of being inside out, especially in relation to the bladder.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: medicine, sciences

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noun

Meaning 3

The state or quality of being extroverted or an extrovert

A personality orientation towards others and things outside oneself; behavior expressing such orientation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, uncountable, usually

Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences

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noun

Meaning 4

(psychology) an extroverted disposition; concern with what is outside the self

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: extraversion

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sociability, sociableness

Narrower terms: outwardness

History

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).

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: extraversió — concern with or an orientation toward others
  • Czech: extroverze — concern with or an orientation toward others
  • Dutch: extraversie — concern with or an orientation toward others
  • Finnish: ulospäinsuuntautuneisuus — concern with or an orientation toward others
  • Finnish: ekstraversio — concern with or an orientation toward others
  • French: extraversion — concern with or an orientation toward others
  • French: extroversion — concern with or an orientation toward others
  • Georgian: ექსტრავერსია (eksṭraversia) — concern with or an orientation toward others
  • German: Extraversion — concern with or an orientation toward others
  • German: Extroversion — concern with or an orientation toward others
  • Irish: eisdíritheacht — concern with or an orientation toward others
  • Italian: estroversione — concern with or an orientation toward others
  • Japanese: 外向性 (gaikōsei) — concern with or an orientation toward others
  • Lithuanian: ekstravertiškumas — concern with or an orientation toward others
  • Persian: برونگرایی (borun-gerâyi) — concern with or an orientation toward others
  • Romanian: extraversiune — concern with or an orientation toward others
  • Serbo-Croatian: екстровертност (ekstrovertnost) — concern with or an orientation toward others
  • Spanish: extroversión — concern with or an orientation toward others
  • Vietnamese: hướng ngoại — concern with or an orientation toward others