extraversion
English
Etymology
From New Latin extrāversio, from Classical Latin extrā- (“outside”) + versio (“a turning”). Equivalent to extravert + -sion. Popularized as a psychological term by the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German works of Carl Jung.
Noun
extraversion (countable and uncountable, plural extraversions)
- Alternative spelling of extroversion
- 1675, Robert Boyle, "Of the Imperfection of the Chymist's Doctrine of Qualities", The Mechanical Origine or Production of Corrosiveness and Corrosibility, p. 36:
- ...the supposed Extraversion or Intraversion of Sulphur...
- 1915, Carl Jung, "On Psychological Understanding", Journal of Abnormal Psychology, No. 9, p. 396:
- I called the hysterical type the extraversion type and the psychasthénic type the introversion type.
- 1675, Robert Boyle, "Of the Imperfection of the Chymist's Doctrine of Qualities", The Mechanical Origine or Production of Corrosiveness and Corrosibility, p. 36:
Usage notes
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
References
- “extraversion, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1894.
French
Noun
extraversion f (plural extraversions)