introverted

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of introvert

comparative more introverted · superlative most introverted · alternative introvert

1. Turned or thrust inward
   1. Thinking about internal or spiritual matters.

      ...Self-searching with an introverted eye...

      1782, William Cowper, “Conversation”, in Poems, l. 230

   2. human sciencesOf or characteristic of the personality of an introvert: thoughtful, reflective.

      There is a tendency to equate ‘introverted’ with ‘withdrawn’ or ‘schizoid’.

      1968, Charles Rycroft, A Critical Dictionary of Psychoanalysis, page 48

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      An extraverted individual can hardly understand the necessity that forces the introverted to accomplish his adaptation by first formulating a general conception.

      1915, Carl Jung, “On Psychological Understanding”, in Journal of Abnormal Psychology, number 9, page 397

      The introverted type is characterised by the fact that his libido is turned towards his own personality to a certain extent.

      1916, Constance Ellen Long transl. Carl Jung as Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology, p. 348

      This subtle but important distinction means otroverts can blend into both introverted and extroverted environments without fully belonging to either.

      2025 August 17, Sarah Avi, “Meet the “Otrovert,” A New Personality Type That May Describe You Better Than Anything”, in Free Jupiter

   3. communicationsArranged so that two similar words, lines, etc. form the middle of the structure.

      In the Quatrain Reversed or Introverted, the first line corresponds with the fourth.

      1896, Richard Green Moulton, The Literary Study of the Bible, page 50