extroverted

English

Alternative forms

• (psychology): extraverted, extrovert

Etymology

A variant spelling of extraverted. Popularized as a psychological term by Phyllis Blanchard's use of extrovert in her 1918 "Psycho-Analytic Study of August Comte".

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɛkstɹəvəːtɪd/, /ɛkstɹəʊˈvəːtɪd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛkstɹəˌvəɹtɪd/, /ɛkstɹoʊˈvəɹtɪd/

Verb

extroverted

1. simple past and past participle of extrovert

Adjective

extroverted (comparative more extroverted, superlative most extroverted)

1. Turned or thrust outwards, especially:
   • 1671, John Webster, Metallographa, page 197:

     The external and combustible Sulphur... is... protruded and extroverted.

   1. (informal psychology) Of or characteristic of the personality of an extrovert: outgoing, sociable.

      She's very extroverted. She's always out meeting new people and looking for new experiences.

   2. (medicine) Synonym of inside-out.

      ...an extroverted bladder...

Usage notes

Technical papers in psychology overwhelmingly prefer extraverted, although the spelling extroverted has become more common in general use.

Synonyms

• extrorse (botany)

Antonyms

• introverted

Translations

psychology: of or related to an extrovert

• Arabic: منبسط, اِنْبِسَاطِيّ (inbisāṭiyy), العكس من خجول
• Belarusian: экстравертны (ekstravjertny)
• Catalan: extravertit (ca)
• Danish: ekstrovert
• Finnish: ulospäin suuntautunut, ulospäinsuuntautunut (fi), ulospäinkääntynyt, sosiaalinen (fi), ekstrovertti (fi)
• French: extraverti (fr)
• Galician: extrovertido m, extrovertida f
• German: extrovertiert (de)
• Greek: εξωστρεφής (el) (exostrefís)
• Hungarian: extrovertált (hu), kifelé forduló
• Italian: estroverso (it)
• Middle English: felawely
• Norwegian: utadvendt (no), ekstrovert (no)
• Portuguese: extrovertido (pt)
• Punjabi: ਬਾਹਰਮੁਖੀ (bāhramukhī)
• Romanian: extrovertit (ro)
• Russian: экстраве́ртный (ru) (ekstravértnyj), экстраверти́рованный (ru) (ekstravertírovannyj)
• Spanish: extrovertido (es)
• Tagalog: luwaswili
• Welsh: allblyg

References

• “extrovert, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1894.
• Scott Barry Kaufman, "The Difference between ExtrAversion and ExtrOversion", Beautiful Minds, Scientific American, Springer Nature America, 2015.