extrovert

extrovert
extrovert (n.) 1916, EXTRAVERT (Cf. extravert) (spelled with -o- after 1918, by influence of introvert), from Ger. Extravert, from extra "outside" (see EXTRA- (Cf. extra-)) + L. vertere "to turn" (see VERSUS (Cf. versus)). With INTROVERT (Cf. introvert), words that had been used in English by doctors and scientists in various literal senses since 1600s, but popularized in a psychological sense by Carl Jung. Related: Extroverted.

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