from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
transitive verb To turn or direct inward.
transitive verb Psychology To concentrate (one's interests) upon oneself.
transitive verb Medicine To turn (a tubular organ or part) inward upon itself.
noun Psychology An introverted person.
noun Medicine An anatomical structure that is capable of being introverted.
from The Century Dictionary.
noun That which is introverted; in zoology, some part or organ which is turned in upon itself, or intus-suscepted.
To turn within; direct inward or interiorly.
In zoology, to turn in, or invert; insheathe a part of within another part.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
transitive verb To turn or bend inward.
transitive verb To look within; to introspect.
noun A person who is introverted; one concerned predominantly with himself or his own feelings. Contrasted with extrovert.
noun A person who is shy.
noun (Zoöl.) A part that can be introverted{1}.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
adjective of a person Who focuses primarily on their own mind, feelings, or affairs.
noun One who focuses primarily on their own mind, feelings, or affairs.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun (psychology) a person who tends to shrink from social contacts and to become preoccupied with their own thoughts
verb fold inwards
verb turn inside
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[intro– + Latin vertere, to turn; see wer- in Indo-European roots.]
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A story in the online Atlantic Monthly on how to survive in the world as an introvert is one of the most-blogged stories of the day, according to Blogdex.
But not somebody who goes from being an introvert to an extravert (because a true introvert is exhausted by being around people, and extraverts are energized by other people, and that just doesn’t change in real life) or from being a couch potato to loving exercise and training (because that’s an incredibly difficult change in real life too).
These days the Boy is using "introvert" like a curse, he's looking for a companion to bounce with and after three weeks of camp Crash needs a bit of down time.
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