extroversion
ext·ro·ver·sion
noun
1.
(psychology) an extroverted disposition; concern with what is outside the self
Origin
From extro- + -version. As a variant of extraversion, popularized in psychology by Phyllis Blanchard's use of the (then nonstandard) spelling extrovert in her publication "Psycho-Analytic Study of August Comte" (1918).
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