Word Confusion: Extrovert versus Introvert

Plural for the noun: extroverts, extraverts

Third person present verb: extroverts, extraverts
Past tense or past participle: extroverted, extraverted
Present participle: extroverting, extraverting

Alternative spelling: extravert (Rare in general use but found in technical use in psychology)

Plural for the noun: introverts
Gerund: introverting

Third person present verb: introverts
Past tense or past participle: introverted
Present participle: introverting

[Psychology] Marked by extroversion

Noun:
An outgoing, overtly expressive, gregarious person who thrives in dynamic environments and seeks to maximize social engagement

• [Psychology] A person predominantly concerned with external things, objective considerations, and/or physical and social environment

Verb, transitive:
[Psychology] To direct (the mind, one’s interest, etc.) outward or to things outside the self

[Psychology] Marked by introversion

Noun:
A shy, reticent person

• A person who prefers calm environments, limits social engagement, or embraces a greater than average preference for solitude
• [Psychology] A person predominantly concerned with their own thoughts and feelings rather than with external things

[Zoology] A part that is or can be introverted

Verb, transitive:
To turn inward

[Psychology] To direct (the mind, one’s interest, etc.) partly to things within the self

[Anatomy, Zoology] To turn (a hollow, cylindrical structure) in on itself

• Invaginate

I also worked with the costume designer, the make-up girl, and the hairdresser to define a look that matched Julie’s extrovert personality.

A very jolly extrovert personality, Eileen enjoys the social aspect of the game, and she is hugely popular with her sporting friends.

Noun:
The extroverts have the need to socialize, the introverts dread it.

Also, I don’t think that it’s safe to assume that extroverts have particularly effective social skills.

On the other hand, there are also children who are complete extroverts and very confident.

Background music can help extroverts focus, but tends to torment introverts.

Interestingly, the biggest liars were extroverts.

Whereas the extravert is oriented primarily to events in the outer world, the introvert is primarily concerned with the inner world.

Verb, transitive:
Sometimes I need to hide away and be an introvert for a while before I can extrovert.

“Throughout the day we each introvert and extrovert in the actions we take, and yet we have a preference toward one direction” (Weber).

But, it’s a nonstop, high-pressure, introvert repelling kind of job.

The shy and introvert Peter regretted some local media coverage.

Noun:
It’s generally thought that shyness goes hand in hand with introversion, but many introverts simply prefer solitary to social activities.

The Stanford study found that people who were extrovert themselves gave higher approval ratings to “extrovert” computer personalities while introverts preferred the introverted reviewers.

I have yet to meet a poetry-lover who was not an introvert, or an introvert who was not unhappy in adolescence.

“This is a plastic technology that amplifies already existing differences between introverts and extroverts,” says Kraut.

In contrast, introverts are thought to be more socially conforming, more sensitive to reinforcement, have lower sensory thresholds, and therefore feel pain more easily.

“The introvert has two pairs of retractor muscles that connect the apical portion of the introvert (which bears the tentacles) to the inner trunk body wall” (Tassia).

Verb, transitive:
He introverted his anger.

“They are subterranean and introverted” (Various).

She introverted her feelings.

Some organs can introvert.