extraversion
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From New Latin extrāversio, from Classical Latin extrā- (“outside”) + versio (“a turning”). Equivalent to extravert + -sion. Popularized as a psychological term by the German works of Carl Jung.
Noun[edit]
extraversion (countable and uncountable, plural extraversions)
- Alternative spelling of extroversion
- 1675, Robert Boyle, “Of the Imperfection of the Chymist's Doctrine of Qualities”, in The Mechanical Origine or Production of Corrosiveness and Corrosibility, page 36:
- ...the supposed Extraversion or Intraversion of Sulphur...
- 1915, Carl Jung, “On Psychological Understanding”, in Journal of Abnormal Psychology, number 9, page 396:
- I called the hysterical type the extraversion type and the psychasthénic type the introversion type.
Usage notes[edit]
Technical papers in psychology still prefer the variant extraversion used by Carl Jung, although the spelling extroversion is more common in general use.
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “extraversion, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1894.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Pronunciation[edit]
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Noun[edit]
extraversion f (plural extraversions)
Further reading[edit]
- “extraversion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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