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extrovert

ext·ro·vert

UK/ˈɛkstɹəvəːt/ US/ˈɛkstɹəˌvəɹt/ uncommon informal

noun

1.

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

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Origin

Alteration of earlier extravert (by influence of introvert), from German Extravert, popularized in psychology by Phyllis Blanchard's 1918 "Psycho-Analytic Study of August Comte". By surface analysis, extro- + -vert.

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