noun
Meaning 1
A turning inward, particularly
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
introversion
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rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)ʒən
noun
Meaning 2
A turning inward
The action of turning one's thoughts upon internal or spiritual matters.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 3
A turning inward
A personality orientation towards the self and mental abstraction; behavior expressing such orientation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
A turning inward
Arrangement of two similar words, lines, etc. to form the middle part of a structure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing
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noun
Meaning 5
(psychology) an introverted disposition; concern with one's own thoughts and feelings
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: extraversion, ambiversion
Broader terms: unsociability, unsociableness
Narrower terms: inwardness, internality
noun
Meaning 6
the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the invagination of the blastula
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: invagination, intussusception, infolding
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: organic process, biological process
noun
Meaning 7
the condition of being folded inward or sheathed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: invagination
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: condition
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: اِنْطِوَاء (inṭiwāʔ) — psychology: orientation towards the self and mental abstraction
- Catalan: introversió — psychology: orientation towards the self and mental abstraction
- Chinese Mandarin: 內向 /内向 (nèixiàng) — psychology: orientation towards the self and mental abstraction
- Czech: introverze — psychology: orientation towards the self and mental abstraction
- Finnish: sisäänpäinsuuntautuneisuus — psychology: orientation towards the self and mental abstraction
- Finnish: introversio — psychology: orientation towards the self and mental abstraction
- French: introversion — psychology: orientation towards the self and mental abstraction
- Georgian: ინტროვერსია (inṭroversia) — psychology: orientation towards the self and mental abstraction
- German: Introversion — psychology: orientation towards the self and mental abstraction
- Indonesian: introversi — psychology: orientation towards the self and mental abstraction
- Italian: introversione — psychology: orientation towards the self and mental abstraction
- Japanese: 内向性 (naikōsei) — psychology: orientation towards the self and mental abstraction
- Japanese: 内向 (naikō) — psychology: orientation towards the self and mental abstraction
- Lithuanian: intravertiškumas — psychology: orientation towards the self and mental abstraction
- Persian: درونگرایی (darun-gerâyi) — psychology: orientation towards the self and mental abstraction
- Portuguese: introversão — psychology: orientation towards the self and mental abstraction
- Romanian: introversiune — psychology: orientation towards the self and mental abstraction
- Spanish: introversión — psychology: orientation towards the self and mental abstraction
- Turkish: içe dönüklük — psychology: orientation towards the self and mental abstraction
- Vietnamese: hướng nội — psychology: orientation towards the self and mental abstraction