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introversion
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun introversion has 3 senses
- introversion(n = noun.state) invagination - the condition of being folded inward or sheathed; Array is a kind of condition
- introversion(n = noun.process) infolding, intussusception, invagination - the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface; "the invagination of the blastula" is a kind of biological process, organic process
- introversion(n = noun.attribute) Array - (psychology) an introverted disposition; concern with one's own thoughts and feelings; Array has particulars: internality, inwardness
Derived form verb introvert1
Derived form verb introvert1
is a kind of unsociability, unsociableness
Antonyms: ambiversion, extraversion
Derived form verb introvert2
CIDE DICTIONARY
introversion, n. [See Introvert.].
The act of introverting, or the state of being introverted; the act of turning the mind inward. Berkeley. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
introversion
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, withdrawnnessROGET THESAURUS
introversion
Inversion
N inversion, eversion, subversion, reversion, retroversion, introversion, contraposition, contrariety, reversal, turn of the tide, overturn, somersault, somerset, summerset, culbute, revulsion, pirouette, transposition, transposal, anastrophy, metastasis, hyperbaton, anastrophe, hysteron proteron, hypallage, synchysis, tmesis, parenthesis, metathesis, palindrome, pronation and supination, inverted, wrong side out, wrong side up, inside out, upside down, bottom upwards, keel upwards, supine, on one's head, topsy-turvy, sens dessus dessous, inverse, reverse, opposite, top heavy, inversely, hirdy-girdy, heels over head, head over heels.
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