Definitions
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- noun Alternative spelling of
extrovert .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective being concerned with the social and physical environment
- noun (psychology) a person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings
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Examples
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There are degrees to intro - and extra - version, so your character doesn’t have to be a total loner, but if he’s even slightly introverted, trying to maintain fame like an extravert is going to make this charade really exhausting and he’ll crash when he finally comes home.
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"extravert" to characterize artists and their relationship to their work (or maybe more precisely, their muses).
Cahiers de Corey 2008
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In contrast, extravert brains show more activity in areas related to pleasure-seeking.
When Innies Love Outies: How Odd Couples Cope Elizabeth Bernstein 2011
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Scientists now widely believe people generally fall into five personality traits: open, conscientious, extravert, agreeable or neurotic.
The 5 Big Personality Traits: Which One Are You? The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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The extravert needs to learn to slow down, but the introvert needs to learn to speak up.
When Innies Love Outies: How Odd Couples Cope Elizabeth Bernstein 2011
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"The introvert may shut out the extravert, perhaps while silently nodding, or stop trying to contribute," she says.
When Innies Love Outies: How Odd Couples Cope Elizabeth Bernstein 2011
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Scientists now widely believe people generally fall into five personality traits: open, conscientious, extravert, agreeable or neurotic.
The 5 Big Personality Traits: Which One Are You? The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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The introvert is quiet and appears to be listening; the extravert takes this as a cue to keep talking.
When Innies Love Outies: How Odd Couples Cope Elizabeth Bernstein 2011
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Which you choose depends on how extravert you are I guess.
The Countess of Lovelace, ordinary or exceptional? « Baby is 60 – Tim Panton on voice and computers 2010
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• Decide upon a signal the introvert can use to tell the extravert to stop talking so much, and the extravert can use to say he needs to know what the introvert is thinking.
When Innies Love Outies: How Odd Couples Cope Elizabeth Bernstein 2011
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