Definitions for introverts

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introverts in·tro·vert

Spelling: [noun, adjective in-truh-vurt; verb in-tr Introverts is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 536 anagrams from letters in introverts (einorrsttv).

Definitions for introverts

noun

1. a shy person.
2. Psychology. a person characterized by concern primarily with his or her own thoughts and feelings (opposed to extrovert).
3. Zoology. a part that is or can be introverted.

adjective

1. Psychology. marked by introversion.

verb (used with object)

1. to turn inward:
2. Psychology. to direct (the mind, one's interest, etc.) partly to things within the self.
3. Anatomy, Zoology. to turn (a hollow, cylindrical structure) in on itself; invaginate.

Origin of introverts

First recorded in 1660-70; intro- + (in)vert

Examples for introverts

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

With the introvert the expression of feelings is really a gesture that is artificially adopted and conventional.

The mind becomes full of sex: and always, in an introvert, of his own sex.

They lack anything individual and original, and are just as lukewarm and colourless as the conventional feelings of the introvert.

I would say that Lee's character was that he was more of a listener than a talker, not to the extent of being an introvert.

The introvert regards everything from the aspect of his own personality; the extrovert is dependent upon the value of his object.

The introvert's natural adaptation is by means of thought; feeling being more or less repressed remains undeveloped.

The introvert is characterised by the thought standpoint; the extrovert by the feeling standpoint.

The Major Maintainer hadn't merely been switched to introvert.

The introvert is the typical contemplative, predominantly interested in the inner world.