Meanings
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noun
a personality orientation toward one's inner thoughts and feelings, often accompanied by a preference for lower-stimulation or solitary settings
Her introversion made quiet evenings more restorative than crowded parties.
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noun
the act or process of turning inward or withdrawing from external concerns
The community's growing introversion left it increasingly isolated from its neighbors.
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3
noun
the folding inward of a part or layer in anatomy or biology
The surgeon corrected the introversion of the eyelid before it damaged the cornea.
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Etymology
From New Latin introversio, based on Latin intro, 'within,' and vertere, 'to turn.' The psychological sense applies the literal idea of turning inward to attention directed chiefly toward one's internal life.