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  • adjective Alternative form of extroverted.

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  • adjective being concerned with the social and physical environment

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Examples

  • I think the Ruins fits nicely into the contemporary "extraverted" horror genre, where supernatural, physical violence reigns over well-conceived, cosmic, or even true psychological terror (which hasn't been too well-represented in the film genre to begin with).

    Sunday Discussion: The Decline of the Horror Genre? « FirstShowing.net 2008

  • Entrepreneurs are more likely to be "extraverted".

    Small Business Trends Anita Campbell 2010

  • In addition, he tells WebMD, the patients in the Paxil group became more extraverted, meaning they became more open to new experiences, calmer, less self-conscious, and more even-tempered.

    WebMD Health 2009

  • Do you think it is “better” to be an extraverted senser than an intuitive introvert?

    What Type Is Your Blog? « Tales from the Reading Room 2009

  • Happiness researcher Sonja Lyubomirsky, one of the leading happiness scientists, puts it this way: People who are inclined to savor were found to be more self-confident, extraverted, and gratified and less hopeless and neurotic. . .

    The Law of Happiness Dr. Henry Cloud 2011

  • The high blirters were seen by the others as more competent, sociable, emotionally reactive and extraverted than low blirters.

    Why Nagging Women And Silent Men Drive Each Other Crazy 2011

  • Happiness researcher Sonja Lyubomirsky, one of the leading happiness scientists, puts it this way: People who are inclined to savor were found to be more self-confident, extraverted, and gratified and less hopeless and neurotic. . .

    The Law of Happiness Dr. Henry Cloud 2011

  • Happiness researcher Sonja Lyubomirsky, one of the leading happiness scientists, puts it this way: People who are inclined to savor were found to be more self-confident, extraverted, and gratified and less hopeless and neurotic. . .

    The Law of Happiness Dr. Henry Cloud 2011

  • Happiness researcher Sonja Lyubomirsky, one of the leading happiness scientists, puts it this way: People who are inclined to savor were found to be more self-confident, extraverted, and gratified and less hopeless and neurotic. . .

    The Law of Happiness Dr. Henry Cloud 2011

  • The researchers found that conscientiousness, emotional stability, a feeling of mastery and being extraverted are key to predicting the direction a person's self-esteem will take as they grow up, and that income did not affect this course.

    Study finds self-esteem levels vary by age, race 2011

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