extravert
English
editEtymology
editAs 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.
Noun
editextravert (plural extraverts)
- Alternative spelling of extrovert
Usage notes
editTechnical papers in psychology prefer extravert, the variant used by Carl Jung, although the spelling extrovert is more common in general use.
Adjective
editextravert (comparative more extravert, superlative most extravert)
- Alternative spelling of extrovert
Verb
editextravert (third-person singular simple present extraverts, present participle extraverting, simple past and past participle extraverted)
- 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
edit- “extra’version, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1894.
- “† extra’vert, v.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1894.
Dutch
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file) - Hyphenation: ex‧tra‧vert
Adjective
editextravert (comparative extraverter, superlative extravertst)
Inflection
editDeclension of extravert | ||||
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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 | — |
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