introverted
adjEtymology From introvert + -ed, q.v.
› Turned or thrust inward
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Thinking about internal or spiritual matters.
- ...Self-searching with an introverted eye...1782, William Cowper, “Conversation”, in Poems, l. 230:
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Human sciences, Psychology, Sciences Of or characteristic of the personality of an introvert: thoughtful, reflective.
- An extraverted individual can hardly understand the necessity that forces the introverted to accomplish his adaptation by first formulating a general conception.1915, Carl Jung, “On Psychological Understanding”, in Journal of Abnormal Psychology, number 9, page 397:
- The introverted type is characterised by the fact that his libido is turned towards his own personality to a certain extent.1916, Constance Ellen Long transl. Carl Jung as Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology, p. 348
2 more examples
- There is a tendency to equate ‘introverted’ with ‘withdrawn’ or ‘schizoid’.1968, Charles Rycroft, A Critical Dictionary of Psychoanalysis, page 48:
- This subtle but important distinction means otroverts can blend into both introverted and extroverted environments without fully belonging to either.2025 August 17, Sarah Avi, “Meet the “Otrovert,” A New Personality Type That May Describe You Better Than Anything”, in Free Jupiter:
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Communications, Journalism, Literature, Media, Poetry, Publishing, Writing Arranged so that two similar words, lines, etc. form the middle of the structure.
- In the Quatrain Reversed or Introverted, the first line corresponds with the fourth.1896, Richard Green Moulton, The Literary Study of the Bible, page 50:
- Antonyms
- extraverted, extroverted
- Derived terms
- introvertedly, introvertedness, nonintroverted, unintroverted