"extroversion" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: extroversions [plural]
Etymology: From extrovert + -sion, a variant of extraversion popularized in psychology by Phyllis Blanchard's use of the variant (then nonstandard) spelling extrovert in her 1918 "Psycho-Analytic Study of August Comte". Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|extrovert|-sion}} extrovert + -sion Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} extroversion (usually uncountable, plural extroversions)
  1. The state or quality of being extroverted or an extrovert, particularly:
    (religion, obsolete) Consideration of the material world as an aid to spiritual insight.
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  2. The state or quality of being extroverted or an extrovert, particularly:
    (medicine) The condition of being inside out, especially in relation to the bladder.
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  3. The state or quality of being extroverted or an extrovert, particularly:
    (informal psychology) A personality orientation towards others and things outside oneself; behavior expressing such orientation.
    Tags: informal, uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Psychology Translations (concern with or an orientation toward others): extroverze [feminine] (Czech), ulospäinsuuntautuneisuus (Finnish), ekstraversio (Finnish), Extraversion [feminine] (German), eisdíritheacht [feminine] (Irish), estroversione [feminine] (Italian), 外向性 (gaikōsei) (Japanese), ekstravertiškumas [masculine] (Lithuanian), برونگرایی (borun-gerâyi) (Persian), extraversiune [feminine] (Romanian), екстровертност (ekstrovertnost) [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), hướng ngoại (Vietnamese)
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Synonyms: exstrophy [medicine, sciences], sociability [psychology, human-sciences, sciences], extraversion Related terms: ambiversion, extroversive, extrovert, extroverted

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