English Explanatory Dictionary

extravert

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative spelling of extrovert.
adj
  1. Alternative spelling of extrovert.
verb
  1. Alternative spelling of extrovert, especially (early chemistry, obsolete) so as to be visible.

Word forms

extravert extraverts more extravert most extravert extraverting extraverted

Etymology

As a verb, from New Latin extrāvertō, from Classical Latin extrā- (“outside”) + vertō (“to turn”). As a noun and adjective, a back-formation from extraversion. Popularized in psychology by translations of German works by Carl Jung. By surface analysis, extra- + -vert.

Derived words

extravertish extravertive
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