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INTROVERSION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(psychology) an introverted disposition; concern with one's own thoughts and feelings
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("introversion" is a kind of...):
unsociability; unsociableness (an unsociable disposition; avoiding friendship or companionship)
Attribute:
introversive; introvertive (directed inward; marked by interest in yourself or concerned with inner feelings)
Domain category:
psychological science; psychology (the science of mental life)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "introversion"):
internality; inwardness (preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values))
Antonym:
ambiversion ((psychology) a balanced disposition intermediate between extroversion and introversion)
extraversion ((psychology) an extroverted disposition; concern with what is outside the self)
Derivation:
introvert (turn inside)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface
Example:
the invagination of the blastula
Synonyms:
infolding; introversion; intussusception; invagination
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("introversion" is a kind of...):
biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)
Derivation:
introvert (fold inwards)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The condition of being folded inward or sheathed
Synonyms:
introversion; invagination
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("introversion" is a kind of...):
condition (a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing)
Derivation:
introvert (fold inwards)
