extravert

== English == === Etymology === As 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. By surface analysis, extra- +‎ -vert. === Noun === extravert (plural extraverts) Alternative spelling of extrovert. 1916, Constance Ellen Long trans. Carl Jung as Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology, p. 349: An Extravert can hardly conceive the necessity which compels the Introvert to conquer the world by means of a system. ==== Usage notes ==== Technical papers in psychology prefer extravert, the variant used by Carl Jung, although the spelling extrovert is more common in general use. ==== Derived terms ==== === Adjective === extravert (comparative more extravert, superlative most extravert) Alternative spelling of extrovert. === Verb === extravert (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. === References === “extra’version, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1894. “† extra’vert, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1894. == Dutch == === Alternative forms === extrovert === Etymology === Internationalism (see English extravert, extraverted). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ex‧tra‧vert === Adjective === extravert (comparative extraverter, superlative extravertst) extroverted Antonym: introvert ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Noun === extravert m (plural extraverten, diminutive extravertje n) an extroverted person Antonyms: introvert, binnenvetter