Meanings
plural extraversions
- alternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of extroversion.
...the supposed Extraversion or Intraversion of Sulphur...
1675, Robert Boyle, “Of the Imperfection of the Chymist's Doctrine of Qualities”, in The Mechanical Origine or Production of Corrosiveness and Corrosibility, page 361 more example
I called the hysterical type the extraversion type and the psychasthénic type the introversion type.
1915, Carl Jung, “On Psychological Understanding”, in Journal of Abnormal Psychology, number 9, page 396
Synonyms & antonyms
noun(psychology) an extroverted disposition; concern with what is outside the self
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinextrā-“outside”
- New Latinextrāversio
- Englishextraversion
From New Latin extrāversio, from Classical Latin extrā- (“outside”) + versio (“a turning”). Equivalent to extravert + -sion. Popularized as a psychological term by the German works of Carl Jung.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Spanish extraversión
- extraversiónextroversion
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extraversion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extraversion
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