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introversion

[ UK /ˌɪntɹəvˈɜːʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. the condition of being folded inward or sheathed
  2. the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface
    the invagination of the blastula
  3. (psychology) an introverted disposition; concern with one's own thoughts and feelings

How To Use introversion In A Sentence

  • It's generally thought that shyness goes hand in hand with introversion, but many introverts simply prefer solitary to social activities.
  • A personality trait including the qualities of both introversion and extroversion.
  • You may trot around with a silver bunch of grapes on your lapel, peddling intoxicants to expense-account tosspots and huff when I quibble at the mark-up but I have just published the novelistic fruit of 35 years of miserable introversion.
  • More recently, during World War II, Katharine Briggs and her daughter, Isabel Briggs Meyers, used Jung's typological theories to develop the Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator, which classifies people according to opposing traits such as extraversion vs. introversion, and judging vs. perceiving. You Are What You Keep
  • In 1910 Jung published a paper entitled, "Psychic Conflicts in a Child," in which he introduced the term "introversion" for the first time. Dr. Andrew Lange: Recovery For Introverts
  • The paranoia reading was low for someone with the prisoner's apparent intelligence, nor had he scored high in psychopathic deviation, schizophrenia, hypomania, depression, hysteria, masculinity/femininity, psychasthenia, or social introversion. The Girls He Adored
  • Introversion and a tear-stained face had now replaced her outgoing nature and perpetual smile.
  • Researchers measured extraversion and introversion among participants with a standard questionnaire and then compared extraverts to introverts by correlating the extraversion score to the strength of the positive-affect boost.
  • Much of what happens in an office can be explained when we look at the personality types of ourselves and our co-workers, and especially the notion of introversion vs extroversion. D*I*Y Planner - Comments
  • CONCLUSION The personality of neuroticism , psychoticism and introversion were most likely to have unhealthy mental reaction.
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