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
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How To Use introversion In A Sentence

  • Why might introversion be an equally positive quality?
  • Some people claim that an individual's degree of extroversion or introversion is inherited.
  • A personality trait including the qualities of both introversion and extroversion.
  • Even a broad category such as introversion is like Silly Putty once life gets hold of it: a "genetically shy" child whose parents gently encourage her to get herself into the sandbox and mix it up with other kids is more likely to outgrow her shyness by age 12 than a shy child whose parents take her trait as a given. When DNA is Not Destiny
  • You would then characterize yourself as an "ambivert" a personality trait that includes the qualities of both introversion and extroversion. Grasping the Nettle of Personality, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
  • Extroversion is one pole of the bipolar extroversion-introversion dimension.
  • A typology should have a bimodal distribution, but the evidence shows that most people fall between the two extremes of introversion and extraversion.
  • Not for him the tongue-tied introversion of the self-conscious artist or the mute autism of the affected recluse.
  • This March 2003 essay on introversion is one of the few where I felt like my daily experience was given life. Now Please Shush!
  • The fifth stage is what Underhill and others call "introversion," which includes entering the silence in prayer and contemplation. Dr. Jean Houston: Spirituality and the Meaning of Mysticism for Our Time
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