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INTROVERT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(psychology) a person who tends to shrink from social contacts and to become preoccupied with their own thoughts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("introvert" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Domain category:

psychological science; psychology (the science of mental life)

Antonym:

extrovert ((psychology) a person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings)

Derivation:

introvert (turn inside)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Turn inside

Example:

He introverted his feelings

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "introvert" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

introversion ((psychology) an introverted disposition; concern with one's own thoughts and feelings)

introversive (directed inward; marked by interest in yourself or concerned with inner feelings)

introvert ((psychology) a person who tends to shrink from social contacts and to become preoccupied with their own thoughts)

introvertive (directed inward; marked by interest in yourself or concerned with inner feelings)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Fold inwards

Example:

some organs can invaginate

Synonyms:

introvert; invaginate

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "introvert" is one way to...):

draw in; retract (pull inward or towards a center)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "introvert"):

intussuscept (introvert or invaginate)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

introversion (the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface)

introversion (the condition of being folded inward or sheathed)

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