Meaning of INTROVERSION
| Pronunciation: | | `intru'vurzhun
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- [n] (psychology) an introverted disposition; concern with one's own thoughts and feelings
- [n] the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface
- [n] the condition of being folded inward or sheathed
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| | Synonyms: | | infolding, intussusception, invagination, invagination |
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| | Antonyms: | | ambiversion, extroversion | | |
| | See Also: | | biological process, condition, inwardness, organic process, unsociability, unsociableness | |
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| | Definition: | | \In`tro*ver"sion\, n. [See {Introvert}.]
The act of introverting, or the state of being introverted;
the act of turning the mind inward. --Berkeley.
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| | Related Terms: | | aloofness, ambiversion, backwardness, bashfulness, blankness, chilliness, coldness, complexion, constraint, coolness, cycloid personality, cyclothymia, depth, detachment, discreetness, discretion, distance, ectomorphism, ectomorphy, ectropion, endomorphism, endomorphy, eversion, expressionlessness, extroversion, extrovertedness, frigidity, frostiness, guardedness, humor, iciness, impassiveness, impassivity, impersonality, inaccessibility, ingoingness, innerness, inness, interiority, internality, internalization, intrinsicality, introvertedness, intussusception, invagination, inversion, inwardness, mesomorphism, mesomorphy, modesty, other-directedness, outgoingness, personality tendency, pronation, remoteness, repression, reserve, reservedness, restraint, resupination, reticence, reticency, retirement, retroflexion, retroversion, reversal, reversing, reversion, revulsion, schizoid personality, schizothymia, somatotype, standoffishness, subduedness, supination, suppression, syntony, topsy-turviness, topsy-turvydom, transposal, transposition, turning back, turning backwards, turning inside out, turning inward, turning over, unaffability, unapproachability, uncongeniality, undemonstrativeness, unexpansiveness, withdrawal, withdrawnness |
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