extravert

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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.

Noun

extravert (plural extraverts)

1. Alternative spelling of extrovert.
   • 1916, Constance Ellen Long trans. Carl Jung as Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology, p. 349:

     An Extravert can hardly conceive the necessity which compels the Introvert to conquer the world by means of a system.

Usage notes

• Technical papers in psychology prefer extravert, the variant used by Carl Jung, although the spelling extrovert is more common in general use.

Derived terms

• extravertish
• extravertive

Adjective

extravert (comparative more extravert, superlative most extravert)

1. Alternative spelling of extrovert.
   • 1924, A.G. Ikin, The British Journal of Medical Psychology, number 4, page 214:

     The personality which thus combines introvert and extravert reactions... can be... called an ‘altrovert’...

Verb

extravert (third-person singular simple present extraverts, present participle extraverting, simple past and past participle extraverted)

1. Alternative spelling of extrovert, especially (early chemistry, obsolete) so as to be visible.
   • 1669, William Simpson, Hydrologia Chymica, page 52:

     It is not the moist air that extraverts any preexistent nitrous parts from the body of the minerals.

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

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

References

• “extra’version, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1894.
• “† extra’vert, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1894.

Dutch

Alternative forms

• extrovert

Etymology

Internationalism (see English extravert, extraverted).

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: ex‧tra‧vert

Adjective

extravert (comparative extraverter, superlative extravertst)

1. extroverted

   Antonym: introvert

Declension

Declension of extravert
uninflected	extravert
inflected	extraverte
comparative	extraverter
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		extravert	extraverter	het extravertst het extravertste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	extraverte	extravertere	extravertste
	n. sing.	extravert	extraverter	extravertste
	plural	extraverte	extravertere	extravertste
definite		extraverte	extravertere	extravertste
partitive		extraverts	extraverters	—

Derived terms

• extraversie
• extravertheid

Related terms

• extraversie

Noun

extravert m (plural extraverten, diminutive extravertje n)

1. an extroverted person

   Antonyms: introvert, binnenvetter