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Definition of introvert in English: introvertnoun ˈɪntrəvəːtˈɪntrəˌvərt 1A shy, reticent person. Example sentencesExamples - I have yet to meet a poetry-lover who was not an introvert, or an introvert who was not unhappy in adolescence.
- I'd always thought I was a misanthrope, but maybe I'm just an introvert instead.
- It's probably the first time that I have thought of being an introvert as being not necessarily a bad thing, not necessarily something I need to change, not something odd or weird or horrible.
- I am an introvert, I am a loner, and so the nature of who I choose to love (or who chooses to love me) has very little to do with how I spend my time outside the bedroom.
- In a way, despite his impressive personality, he was something of an introvert, and basically a shy person.
- For some of us - call us introverts if you like, misanthropes if you must - Mass is a precious hour of communion with God amidst relative calm (especially if your parish is fortunate enough to have a cry room).
- I'm still an introvert, but I was way introverted then.
- But introverts feel when they're not interested any more, it's time to move on.
- The Stanford study found that people who were extrovert themselves gave higher approval ratings to ‘extrovert’ computer personalities while introverts preferred the introverted reviewers.
- Maybe it's time for all of us introverts to join together and become a force to be reckoned with… but only if that's alright by you and you haven't got anything better to do.
- From introverts, these children gradually became confident persons.
- The acoustic chanteuse may be the only introvert in coke-bottle glasses whose helium-laced voice can command such rapt attention from a punk bar crowd.
- An introvert by nature, he is also rated by team-mates as a ‘serial pest’ because of his willingness to participate in dressing-room pranks.
- So just how does an avowed introvert who shuns fame and has lacked, for the last 16 years she says, the basic ability to make friends, take such an extroverted record on the road and communicate it to others?
- In a family of A-types, she's an introvert, not really all that happy with her life, but not willing to muster the gumption to do anything about it.
- She's an introvert, certainly not out-there, um, not one of the groupies that, you know, people would see hanging off the footballers.
- An introvert by nature, he channeled his frustration into wrestling, a sport known for its solitude and discipline. The family moved to a two-story home on a winding, leafy street in Woodland Hills.
- It's generally thought that shyness goes hand in hand with introversion, but many introverts simply prefer solitary to social activities.
- And the lo-fi continuum being celebrated here did in fact turn out to be a confederacy of introverts, if not to say solipsists.
- Can an introvert be a successful autograph seeker?
Synonyms recluse, lone wolf, hermit, solitary, misanthrope, outsider - 1.1Psychology A person predominantly concerned with their own thoughts and feelings rather than with external things.
〔心理〕内向性格者。比较EXTROVERT Compare with extrovert Example sentencesExamples - The study found the amount of spillover employees experienced both at home and work depended on whether they were introverts or extroverts.
- While past research has shown that extraverts are, in general, happier than introverts, no studies showed whether introverts who display extravert characteristics are also happier.
- Extraverts compared to introverts were found to have elevated frontal blood flow even at rest and depressed patients whose conditions have been linked to neuroticism were found to have reduced blood flow in that same region of the brain.
- ‘This is a plastic technology that amplifies already existing differences between introverts and extroverts,’ says Kraut.
- In contrast, introverts are thought to be more socially conforming, more sensitive to reinforcement, have lower sensory thresholds, and therefore feel pain more easily.
adjectiveˈɪntrəvəːtˈɪntrəˌvərt another term for introverted Example sentencesExamples - I mean it's affected his life horrendously so, and it made him very introvert, Larry.
- I've been leaning towards the introvert side lately.
- Some claim that it is an introvert event, where the Swiss reflect upon themselves.
- I came a long way from that shy and introvert girl, who came from Panvel to Mumbai for a medical degree.
- I mean, you're my brother, and Bobby's my husband, I get enough of the introvert personality!
- More often the delicate simplicity of a blue question mark posits the faceless face beautiful in enigma, the shadowy mysterious introvert edging to the boundary of a looks obsessed society.
- The shy and introvert Peter regretted some local media coverage.
- Also, I realise this is kind of an introvert thing, and probably not actually reflective of well, anything (but then, so little that I do really is).
- ‘I used to be a very introvert guy but after taking up acting, my life is like an open book,’ claims the actor.
- But, it's a nonstop, high-pressure, introvert repelling kind of job.
- Titus is more of the extrovert type of person, even though he would still have this tendency to suppress some emotions deep inside; while Clem is the introvert type of person.
- Birding is a wonderful activity in this way, allowing a time and place for both my extrovert self and introvert self to play.
- The one claiming to be orthodox, and the other claiming to have the living spirit, which would also be the contrast between extravert and introvert types.
- If you are an introvert personality, your team will always play defensively.
- All my life I'd acted like an extrovert, when I always knew in my heart I loved nothing more than indulging my introvert self.
- He is an introvert type of guy and is critic of the current Nepalese political situation.
- But otherwise I'm a very shy and introvert person, not at all the partying late kind.
- Before I did the art course I was very introvert and worried about my survival.
- Yes, I am an extrovert person in real life and the roles in some of my more hit films were those of the introvert, quite person.
- Although the mood is generally quite introvert, your albums are all quite different.
Derivativesnoun ɪntrəˈvəːʃ(ə)n mass noun1The quality of being shy and reticent. the tongue-tied introversion of the self-conscious artist - 1.1Psychology The tendency to be concerned with one's own thoughts and feelings rather than with external things.
〔心理〕内向性格者。比较EXTROVERT
Example sentencesExamples - I struggle with introversion and shyness
- Jung believed that his differences with Freud were due to his own introversion working in opposition to Freud's extraversion.
- The least desirable, or the most undesirable are traits such as conceitedness, selfishness, insecurity, aggressiveness, fearfulness, introversion.
- Instead, the more alienating aspects of depression - instrumental helplessness and social introversion - were associated with smoking.
- we expected our sample to show elevated neuroticism and introversion
adjective ɪntrəˈvəːsɪv In praxeological terms, a vocation involves what Ludwig von Mises called ‘introversive’ labor while a profession involves ‘extroversive’ labor. Example sentencesExamples - On one hand, we have scenes of Hamlet alone, inactive - frustrated and phlegmatic, more self-pitying than self-critical - alienated, introversive.
adjective-ˈvəːtɪv
OriginMid 17th century (as a verb in the general sense 'turn one's thoughts inwards (in spiritual contemplation')): from modern Latin introvertere, from intro- 'to the inside' + vertere 'to turn'. Its use as a term in psychology dates from the early 20th century. Rhymesadvert, alert, animadvert, assert, avert, Bert, blurt, Burt, cert, chert, concert, controvert, convert, curt, desert, dessert, dirt, divert, exert, flirt, girt, hurt, inert, insert, Kurt, malapert, overt, pert, quirt, shirt, skirt, spirt, spurt, squirt, Sturt, subvert, vert, wort, yurt Definition of introvert in US English: introvertnounˈintrəˌvərtˈɪntrəˌvərt 1A shy, reticent person. Example sentencesExamples - And the lo-fi continuum being celebrated here did in fact turn out to be a confederacy of introverts, if not to say solipsists.
- I have yet to meet a poetry-lover who was not an introvert, or an introvert who was not unhappy in adolescence.
- She's an introvert, certainly not out-there, um, not one of the groupies that, you know, people would see hanging off the footballers.
- The Stanford study found that people who were extrovert themselves gave higher approval ratings to ‘extrovert’ computer personalities while introverts preferred the introverted reviewers.
- From introverts, these children gradually became confident persons.
- I'm still an introvert, but I was way introverted then.
- An introvert by nature, he channeled his frustration into wrestling, a sport known for its solitude and discipline. The family moved to a two-story home on a winding, leafy street in Woodland Hills.
- Can an introvert be a successful autograph seeker?
- For some of us - call us introverts if you like, misanthropes if you must - Mass is a precious hour of communion with God amidst relative calm (especially if your parish is fortunate enough to have a cry room).
- An introvert by nature, he is also rated by team-mates as a ‘serial pest’ because of his willingness to participate in dressing-room pranks.
- But introverts feel when they're not interested any more, it's time to move on.
- Maybe it's time for all of us introverts to join together and become a force to be reckoned with… but only if that's alright by you and you haven't got anything better to do.
- In a way, despite his impressive personality, he was something of an introvert, and basically a shy person.
- The acoustic chanteuse may be the only introvert in coke-bottle glasses whose helium-laced voice can command such rapt attention from a punk bar crowd.
- I'd always thought I was a misanthrope, but maybe I'm just an introvert instead.
- It's probably the first time that I have thought of being an introvert as being not necessarily a bad thing, not necessarily something I need to change, not something odd or weird or horrible.
- In a family of A-types, she's an introvert, not really all that happy with her life, but not willing to muster the gumption to do anything about it.
- So just how does an avowed introvert who shuns fame and has lacked, for the last 16 years she says, the basic ability to make friends, take such an extroverted record on the road and communicate it to others?
- I am an introvert, I am a loner, and so the nature of who I choose to love (or who chooses to love me) has very little to do with how I spend my time outside the bedroom.
- It's generally thought that shyness goes hand in hand with introversion, but many introverts simply prefer solitary to social activities.
Synonyms recluse, lone wolf, hermit, solitary, misanthrope, outsider - 1.1Psychology A person predominantly concerned with their own thoughts and feelings rather than with external things.
〔心理〕内向性格者。比较EXTROVERT Compare with extrovert Example sentencesExamples - In contrast, introverts are thought to be more socially conforming, more sensitive to reinforcement, have lower sensory thresholds, and therefore feel pain more easily.
- ‘This is a plastic technology that amplifies already existing differences between introverts and extroverts,’ says Kraut.
- While past research has shown that extraverts are, in general, happier than introverts, no studies showed whether introverts who display extravert characteristics are also happier.
- Extraverts compared to introverts were found to have elevated frontal blood flow even at rest and depressed patients whose conditions have been linked to neuroticism were found to have reduced blood flow in that same region of the brain.
- The study found the amount of spillover employees experienced both at home and work depended on whether they were introverts or extroverts.
adjectiveˈintrəˌvərtˈɪntrəˌvərt another term for introverted Example sentencesExamples - Although the mood is generally quite introvert, your albums are all quite different.
- Before I did the art course I was very introvert and worried about my survival.
- He is an introvert type of guy and is critic of the current Nepalese political situation.
- Titus is more of the extrovert type of person, even though he would still have this tendency to suppress some emotions deep inside; while Clem is the introvert type of person.
- The one claiming to be orthodox, and the other claiming to have the living spirit, which would also be the contrast between extravert and introvert types.
- Yes, I am an extrovert person in real life and the roles in some of my more hit films were those of the introvert, quite person.
- If you are an introvert personality, your team will always play defensively.
- ‘I used to be a very introvert guy but after taking up acting, my life is like an open book,’ claims the actor.
- All my life I'd acted like an extrovert, when I always knew in my heart I loved nothing more than indulging my introvert self.
- More often the delicate simplicity of a blue question mark posits the faceless face beautiful in enigma, the shadowy mysterious introvert edging to the boundary of a looks obsessed society.
- The shy and introvert Peter regretted some local media coverage.
- I've been leaning towards the introvert side lately.
- Also, I realise this is kind of an introvert thing, and probably not actually reflective of well, anything (but then, so little that I do really is).
- But, it's a nonstop, high-pressure, introvert repelling kind of job.
- Birding is a wonderful activity in this way, allowing a time and place for both my extrovert self and introvert self to play.
- I mean it's affected his life horrendously so, and it made him very introvert, Larry.
- I came a long way from that shy and introvert girl, who came from Panvel to Mumbai for a medical degree.
- Some claim that it is an introvert event, where the Swiss reflect upon themselves.
- I mean, you're my brother, and Bobby's my husband, I get enough of the introvert personality!
- But otherwise I'm a very shy and introvert person, not at all the partying late kind.
OriginMid 17th century (as a verb in the general sense ‘turn one's thoughts inwards (in spiritual contemplation’)): from modern Latin introvertere, from intro- ‘to the inside’ + vertere ‘to turn’. Its use as a term in psychology dates from the early 20th century. |