Etymology

extroverted

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Today it means: Turned or thrust outwards, especially Full definition →

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The story

A variant spelling of extraverted. Popularized as a psychological term by Phyllis Blanchard's use of extrovert in her 1918 "Psycho-Analytic Study of August Comte", from extrovert + -ed.

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