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extravert

[ek-struh-vurt]
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noun, adjective, verb (used with object)
  1. extrovert.
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British Dictionary definitions for extraverted

extravert

noun, adjective
  1. a variant spelling of extrovert
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Word Origin and History for extraverted

adj.

in modern psychology, 1915, a variant of extroverted (see extrovert). Related: Extravert (n.), for which also see extrovert. There was a verb extravert in mid- to late 17c. meaning "to turn outward so as to be visible," from Latin extra "outward" + vertere "to turn."

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