extroverted

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Alternative forms

• (psychology): extraverted, extrovert

Etymology

A variant spelling of extraverted. Popularized as a psychological term by Phyllis Blanchard's use of extrovert in her 1918 "Psycho-Analytic Study of August Comte", from extrovert +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɛkstɹəvəːtɪd/, /ɛkstɹəʊˈvəːtɪd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛkstɹəˌvəɹtɪd/, /ɛkstɹoʊˈvəɹtɪd/

Verb

extroverted

1. simple past and past participle of extrovert

Adjective

extroverted (comparative more extroverted, superlative most extroverted)

1. Turned or thrust outwards, especially:
   • 1671, John Webster, Metallographa, page 197:

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

   1. (informal psychology) Of or characteristic of the personality of an extrovert: outgoing, sociable.

      She's very extroverted. She's always out meeting new people and looking for new experiences.

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

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

   2. (medicine) Synonym of inside-out.

      ...an extroverted bladder...

Usage notes

Technical papers in psychology overwhelmingly prefer extraverted, although the spelling extroverted has become more common in general use.

Synonyms

• extrorse (botany)

Antonyms

• introverted

Derived terms

• extrovertedly
• extrovertedness

Translations

psychology: of or related to an extrovert

Arabic: منبسط, اِنْبِسَاطِيّ (inbisāṭiyy), العكس من خجول Belarusian: экстравертны (ekstravjertny) Catalan: extravertit (ca) Danish: ekstrovert Finnish: ulospäin suuntautunut, ulospäinsuuntautunut (fi), ulospäinkääntynyt, sosiaalinen (fi), ekstrovertti (fi) French: extraverti (fr) Galician: extrovertido German: extrovertiert (de) Greek: εξωστρεφής (el) (exostrefís) Hungarian: extrovertált (hu), kifelé forduló Italian: estroverso (it) Middle English: felawely Norwegian: utadvendt (no), ekstrovert (no) Portuguese: extrovertido (pt) Punjabi: ਬਾਹਰਮੁਖੀ (bāhramukhī) Romanian: extrovertit (ro) Russian: экстраве́ртный (ru) (ekstravértnyj), экстраверти́рованный (ru) (ekstravertírovannyj) Spanish: extrovertido (es) Tagalog: luwaswili Welsh: allblyg

References

• “extrovert, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1894.
• Scott Barry Kaufman, "The Difference between ExtrAversion and ExtrOversion", Beautiful Minds, Scientific American, Springer Nature America, 2015.