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EXTRAVERT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does extravert mean?
• EXTRAVERT (noun)
The noun EXTRAVERT has 1 sense:
1. (psychology) a person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings
Familiarity information: EXTRAVERT used as a noun is very rare.
• EXTRAVERT (adjective)
The adjective EXTRAVERT has 1 sense:
1. being concerned with the social and physical environment
Familiarity information: EXTRAVERT used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(psychology) a person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
extravert; extrovert
Hypernyms ("extravert" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Domain category:
psychological science; psychology (the science of mental life)
Derivation:
extravert (being concerned with the social and physical environment)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Being concerned with the social and physical environment
Synonyms:
extravert; extraverted; extravertive; extrovert; extroverted; extrovertive
Similar:
extraversive; extroversive (directed outward; marked by interest in others or concerned with external reality)
Derivation:
extravert ((psychology) a person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings)
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