Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Interest in or behavior directed toward others or one's environment rather than oneself.
- noun A turning inside out, as of an organ or part.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, a turning inside out, as of the eyelids (see
eversion ) or of the bladder—in the latter case, a congenital malformation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The condition of being turned wrong side out.
- noun (Psychol.) the trait of being interested primarily in things in one's external environement, rather than one's own thoughts and feelings.
- noun (Psychol.) the act of directing one's interests primarily toward things in one's external environement, rather than one's own thoughts and feelings.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun psychology
Concern with or anorientation toward others or what is outside oneself;behavior expressing such an orientation; thedefinitive characteristic of anextrovert . - noun The condition of being
extrorse , or turned wrong side out.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (psychology) an extroverted disposition; concern with what is outside the self
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Examples
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The research found that high levels of "extroversion", "agreeableness" and "neuroticism" accelerated the desire of a woman to have a child.
Personality types affect women's approach to childbirth - study 2010
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Even if a genetic variant seems to cause a particular behavior — such as extroversion or verbal fluency — in one environment, it may have no effect, or the opposite effect, in a different environment.
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Even if a genetic variant seems to cause a particular behavior — such as extroversion or verbal fluency — in one environment, it may have no effect, or the opposite effect, in a different environment.
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Inherited genes may lead to certain physiological effects, which could account for personality traits common among entrepreneurs, such as extroversion and openness to new experiences, Shane says.
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The research found that high levels of "extroversion", "agreeableness" and "neuroticism" accelerated the desire of a woman to have a child.
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Prior research had established that clearly positive personality qualities - such as extroversion, emotional stability and conscientiousness - had helpful effects on both the performance and the development of leaders.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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People who score high on personality traits such as extroversion (think, outgoing) and agreeableness (cooperative) are most likely to enjoy group classes and team sports, Hagger told LiveScience.
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Set in Our Ways: Why Change Is So Hard development often focus on traits such as extroversion, conscientiousness, agreeableness, neuroticism and openness to new experiences.
WN.com - Articles related to Air Canada starts trial use of in-flight Internet 2009
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Noting the many contradictions with regard to introversion/extroversion, energy/rest, and openness/sensitivity, he explained how many artists can function in more than one mode simultaneously.
George Heymont: Creative Cultural Cross Referencing (How to Link Stephen Sondheim to the Original Siamese Twins) George Heymont 2011
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Noting the many contradictions with regard to introversion/extroversion, energy/rest, and openness/sensitivity, he explained how many artists can function in more than one mode simultaneously.
George Heymont: Creative Cultural Cross Referencing (How to Link Stephen Sondheim to the Original Siamese Twins) George Heymont 2011
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