Alternative forms

• extravert

Etymology

Alteration of earlier extravert (by influence of introvert), from GermanCategory:English terms borrowed from German#EXTROVERTCategory:English terms derived from German#EXTROVERT Extravert, popularized in psychology by Phyllis Blanchard's 1918 "Psycho-Analytic Study of August Comte". By surface analysis, extro- +‎ -vertCategory:English terms prefixed with extro-#VERTCategory:English terms suffixed with -vert#EXTROVERT.

Pronunciation

Noun/Adjective

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɛkstɹəvəːt/Category:English 3-syllable words#EXTROVERTCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#EXTROVERT
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛkstɹəˌvəɹt/Category:English 3-syllable words#EXTROVERTCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#EXTROVERT

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Verb

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɛkstɹəʊˈvəːt/Category:English 3-syllable words#EXTROVERTCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#EXTROVERT
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɛkstɹoʊˈvəɹt/Category:English 3-syllable words#EXTROVERTCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#EXTROVERT
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)tCategory:Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)t#EXTROVERTCategory:Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)t/3 syllables#EXTROVERT

Noun

extrovert (plural extroverts)Category:English lemmas#EXTROVERTCategory:English nouns#EXTROVERTCategory:English countable nouns#EXTROVERTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#EXTROVERTCategory:Pages with entries#EXTROVERTCategory:Pages with 3 entries#EXTROVERT

1. (informalCategory:English informal terms#EXTROVERT psychologyCategory:en:Psychology#EXTROVERT) An extroverted person: one who is outgoing, sociable, and concerned with outer affairs.
   • 1918 April, Phyllis Blanchard, “A Psycho-Analytic Study of August Comte”, in American Journal of Psychology, page 163:

     In order to understand the marked contract between Comte's mental attitude during his early years and that of his later life, we must keep in mind Jung's hypothesis of the two psychological types, the introvert and extrovert,—the thinking type and the feeling type.

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   • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 201:

     He cannot find the fabled boatman, but he does come across the two stone images that belong to the boatman, and in rage and frustration, the great heroic extrovert, the man who is used to acting out whatever he feels inside, smashes the stones.

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   • 2016 November 1, Drake Baer, “Are you an introvert or an extrovert? It’s more complicated than that”, in CNN‎:

     To see your identity in any single trait – introvert, extrovert, or neurotic – is to limit your life.

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   • 2020 March 23, Ryan Prior, “The extrovert’s guide to social distancing”, in CNN‎:

     If you’re an extrovert and the thought of weeks or months of social distancing has you jumping out of your skin, rest assured. Your feelings are normal. And we’re here to help. […] And while her introverted clients may be feeling less stressed, and sometimes even emboldened by social distancing, Blandino said both extroverts and introverts can leverage technology to weather the storm.

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   • 2025 August 20, “Are you an otrovert? Why this personality type could be your greatest gift”, in The Guardian‎:

     So if introverts look inwards, and extroverts outwards, where the hell do otroverts look? Neither of the above.

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Adjective

extrovert (comparative more extrovert, superlative most extrovert)Category:English lemmas#EXTROVERTCategory:English adjectives#EXTROVERTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#EXTROVERTCategory:Pages with entries#EXTROVERTCategory:Pages with 3 entries#EXTROVERT

1. (informalCategory:English informal terms#EXTROVERT psychologyCategory:en:Psychology#EXTROVERT) Alternative form of extroverted: outgoing.

Verb

extrovert (third-person singular simple present extroverts, present participle extroverting, simple past and past participle extroverted)Category:English lemmas#EXTROVERTCategory:English verbs#EXTROVERTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#EXTROVERTCategory:Pages with entries#EXTROVERTCategory:Pages with 3 entries#EXTROVERT

1. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#EXTROVERT) To turn or thrust outwards.
   • 1671, John Webster, Metallographia, page 197:

     The external and combustible Sulphur... is... protruded and extroverted.

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References

• “extrovert, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1894.
• “extrovert, n. (and adj.).”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1933.
• Scott Barry Kaufman, "The Difference between ExtrAversion and ExtrOversion", Beautiful Minds, Scientific American, Springer Nature America, 2015. Category:en:People#EXTROVERTCategory:en:Personality#EXTROVERT

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛkstrovɛrt]Category:Czech terms with IPA pronunciation#EXTROVERT

Noun

extrovert m anim (female equivalent extrovertka)Category:Czech lemmas#EXTROVERTCategory:Czech nouns#EXTROVERTCategory:Czech terms spelled with X#EXTROVERTCategory:Czech entries with incorrect language header#EXTROVERTCategory:Czech masculine nouns#EXTROVERTCategory:Czech animate nouns#EXTROVERTCategory:Pages with entries#EXTROVERTCategory:Pages with 3 entries#EXTROVERT

1. (psychologyCategory:cs:Psychology#EXTROVERT) extrovert

   Antonym: introvert m

Adjective

extrovert (not comparable)Category:Swedish lemmas#EXTROVERTCategory:Swedish adjectives#EXTROVERTCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#EXTROVERTCategory:Pages with entries#EXTROVERTCategory:Pages with 3 entries#EXTROVERT

1. extroverted

   Antonym: introvert

References

• “extrovert”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “extrovert”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)