introversion

== English == === Etymology === From New Latin intrōversio, from intrōvertere (“to turn within”), from Classical Latin intro (“within”) and vertere (“to turn”). Equivalent to introvert +‎ -sion or intro- +‎ -version. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ɪntɹəʊˈvɜːʃən/ (US) IPA(key): /ɪntɹəˈvəɹʒən/, /ɪntɹəˈvəɹʃən/, /ɪntɹoʊˈvəɹʃən/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ʒən === Noun === introversion (usually uncountable, plural introversions) A turning inward, particularly: The action of turning one's thoughts upon internal or spiritual matters. (psychology) A personality orientation towards the self and mental abstraction; behavior expressing such orientation. 1912, Trigant Burrow, "Conscious and Unconscious Mentation from the Psychoanalytic Viewpoint", Psychological Bulletin, No. 9, p. 159: ...so that when in later life there occurs an introversion (in the sense of Jung), it consists of a harking back to regressive, reminiscent, infantile material. (poetry and literature) Arrangement of two similar words, lines, etc. to form the middle part of a structure. ==== Antonyms ==== extroversion ==== Translations ==== === References === “introversion, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1900. “introversion”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.