ambiversion

[am-bi-vur-zhuhn, -shuhn, am-bi-vur-]

noun

Psychology.

1. a state intermediate between extroversion and introversion.

Other Word Forms

• ambiversive adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of ambiversion¹

1925–30; ambi- + -version, as in extroversion, introversion

Example Sentences

“It is like they’re bilingual,” says Daniel Pink, a business book author and host of Crowd Control, a TV series on human behavior, who has studied ambiversion.

From Wall Street Journal

When To Use

What does ambiversion mean?

Ambiversion is the state or quality of being an ambivert—someone said to have a personality type that is in between that of an introvert (shy and reserved) and an extrovert (outgoing).Ambiversion is often contrasted with the terms introversion and extroversion in the study, classification, and popular discussion of personality types.Example: Ambiversion usually means that you love going out with friends but sometimes would just rather stay home and have some alone time.