extroverted
English
Alternative forms
- (psychology): extraverted, extrovert
Etymology
A variant spelling of extraverted. Popularized as a psychological term by Phyllis Blanchard's use of extrovert in her 1918 "Psycho-Analytic Study of August Comte".
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɛkstɹəvəːtɪd/, /ɛkstɹəʊˈvəːtɪd/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɛkstɹəˌvəɹtɪd/, /ɛkstɹoʊˈvəɹtɪd/
Verb
extroverted
- simple past tense and past participle of extrovert
Adjective
extroverted (comparative more extroverted, superlative most extroverted)
- Turned or thrust outwards, especially:
- 1671, John Webster, Metallographa, p. 197:
- The external and combustible Sulphur... is... protruded and extroverted.
- (informal psychology) Of or characteristic of the personality of an extrovert: outgoing, sociable.
- She's very extroverted. She's always out meeting new people and looking for new experiences.
- (medicine) Synonym of inside-out.
- ...an extroverted bladder...
- 1671, John Webster, Metallographa, p. 197:
Usage notes
Technical papers in psychology overwhelmingly prefer extraverted, although the spelling extroverted has become more common in general use.
Synonyms
- extrorse (botany)
Antonyms
- introverted
Translations
References
- “extrovert, v.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1894. - Scott Barry Kaufman, "The Difference between ExtrAversion and ExtrOversion", Beautiful Minds, Scientific American, Springer Nature America, 2015.