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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
As a verb, from New Latin extrāvertō, from Classical Latin extrā- (“outside”) + vertō (“to turn”). As a noun and adjective, a back-formation from extraversion. Popularized in psychology by translations of German works by Carl Jung.
Noun[edit]
extravert (plural extraverts)
- Alternative spelling of extrovert
Usage notes[edit]
Technical papers in psychology prefer extravert, the variant used by Carl Jung, although the spelling extrovert is more common in general use.
Adjective[edit]
extravert (comparative more extravert, superlative most extravert)
- Alternative spelling of extrovert
Verb[edit]
extravert (third-person singular simple present extraverts, present participle extraverting, simple past and past participle extraverted)
- Alternative spelling of extrovert, especially (early chemistry, obsolete) so as to be visible.
- 1669, William Simpson, Hydrologia Chymica, page 52:
- It is not the moist air that extraverts any preexistent nitrous parts from the body of the minerals.
- 1915, Carl Jung, “On Psychological Understanding”, in Journal of Abnormal Psychology, number 9, page 397:
- An extraverted individual can hardly understand the necessity that forces the introverted to accomplish his adaptation by first formulating a general conception.
References[edit]
- “extra’version, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1894.
- “† extra’vert, v.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1894.
Dutch[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
(file) - Hyphenation: ex‧tra‧vert
Adjective[edit]
extravert (comparative extraverter, superlative extravertst)
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of extravert | ||||
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uninflected | extravert | |||
inflected | extraverte | |||
comparative | extraverter | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | extravert | extraverter | het extravertst het extravertste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | extraverte | extravertere | extravertste |
n. sing. | extravert | extraverter | extravertste | |
plural | extraverte | extravertere | extravertste | |
definite | extraverte | extravertere | extravertste | |
partitive | extraverts | extraverters | — |
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