Extroverted means recharging among people and drained by solitude. An extroverted colleague, highly extroverted, less extroverted than she seems.
It is about where energy comes from rather than about confidence or noise — a quiet person can be extroverted and a loud one need not be. Most people sit somewhere in the middle. The older spelling was extraverted, which psychologists still use.
1adjectiveextrovertedGaining energy from being with people.
“My extroverted sister comes home from big parties full of energy, while I need a nap.”
extroverted is a quality of temperament.
Also accepted in games: extrovert, outgoing
From extra-, outside, plus Latin vertere, to turn. The spelling shifted to extro- to match introverted.
German
Extravert
English
extrovert
English, today
extroverted
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", from extrovert + -ed. extrovert Alteration of earlier extravert (by influence of introvert), from German Extravert, popularized in psychology by Phyllis Blanchard's 1918 "Psycho-Analytic Study of August Comte". by surface analysis, extro- + -vert.
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