introversion
Meanings
noun
- A turning inward, particularly
- A turning inward
- The action of turning one's thoughts upon internal or spiritual matters.
- A personality orientation towards the self and mental abstraction; behavior expressing such orientation.
- Arrangement of two similar words, lines, etc. to form the middle part of a structure.
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Etymology
From New Latin intrōversio, from intrōvertere (“to turn within”), from Classical Latin intro (“within”) and vertere (“to turn”). Equivalent to introvert + -sion or intro- + -version.
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