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introvert
[ noun adjective in-truh-vurt; verb in-truh-vurt ]
noun
- a person who prefers calm environments, limits social engagement, or embraces a greater than average preference for solitude.
- Psychology. a person characterized by concern primarily with their own thoughts and feelings. Compare extrovert ( def 2 ).
- Zoology. a part that is or can be introverted, or turned in on itself.
adjective
- having a disposition that is taxed by social engagement and energized by calm environments, resulting in the preference for quiet solitude.
- Psychology. marked by introversion.
verb (used with object)
- to turn inward:
to introvert one's anger.
- Psychology. to direct (the mind, one's interest, etc.) partly to things within the self.
- Anatomy, Zoology. to turn (a hollow, cylindrical structure) in on itself; invaginate.
introvert
noun
- psychol a person prone to introversion
adjective
- Alsointroverted characterized by introversion
verb
- tr pathol to turn (a hollow organ or part) inside out
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- non·in·tro·vert·ed adjective
- non·in·tro·vert·ed·ly adverb
- non·in·tro·vert·ed·ness noun
- un·in·tro·vert·ed adjective
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Example Sentences
Now 47-year-old Marina Berlusconi appears to be moving into politics—that is, if the camera-shy introvert really wants the job.
A natural introvert, she has been utterly content with her relative anonymity.
The acrembolic proboscis or frontal introvert of the Nemertine worms has a complete range.
What is your impression of him as his being introspective or an introvert or an extrovert?
Further, it is not the sign of an introvert to blow off on little things to your wife, as he did.
The markers introvert their marks and fall into desuetude—and the mummery is duly inaugurated.
The Major Maintainer hadn't merely been switched to Introvert.
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