Adjacent Words

Introversion definitions

	Tweet

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INTROVER'SION, n. The act of turning inwards.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the condition of being folded inward or sheathed [syn: invagination, introversion]
2: the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface; "the invagination of the blastula" [syn: invagination, introversion, intussusception, infolding]
3: (psychology) an introverted disposition; concern with one's own thoughts and feelings [ant: ambiversion, extraversion, extroversion]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: intro- + -version (as in diversion) Date: 1654 1. the act of introverting ; the state of being introverted 2. the state of or tendency toward being wholly or predominantly concerned with and interested in one's own mental life • introversive adjective • introversively adverb

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Introversion 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.

Moby Thesaurus

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