introitive

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adjective

Tending inward.

Opposite
extroitive
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Meanings

adjectiveintroitive (comparative more introitive, superlative most introitive)

comparative more introitive · superlative most introitive

  1. obsoleterareTending inward.

    the accumulative power and the dissipative, the introitive and the extroitive,

    a. 1834, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Footnotes to a Philosophical Text

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
extroitive
Also see
inward

Origin

From introit + -ive.

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Cite this entry
APA

introitive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/introitive

MLA

“introitive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/introitive. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “introitive,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/introitive.

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