extroversionn.
/ɛkstrəʊˈvəːʃən/ The action of turning, or the condition of being turned, outwards.† 1. In the language of mysticism (see quots.).
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the world > space > direction > specific directions > [noun] > turning outwards
eversion1632
extroversion1656
turning out1711
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Extroversion,..in mystical Divinity..a scattering or distracting ones thoughts upon exterior objects.
1788 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) VI. 451 The turning of the eye of the mind from him [Christ] to outward things they [the Mystics] call Extroversion.
2. Pathology. The condition of being turned inside out; esp. applied to a malformation of the bladder; = exstrophy n.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > [noun] > other disorders
oppletion1615
lesion1640
reflux1662
stress1682
prosphysis1684
injection1806
collapse1808
exstrophy1835
extroversion1835
fatigue1872
splanchnomegaly1910
malalignment1922
arrest1939
1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 391/1 In extroversion of the bladder the anterior part of this organ is more or less completely wanting.
3. Psychology. The fact or tendency of having one's interests directed exclusively or predominantly towards things outside the self; the turning outwards of the libido; opposed to introversion n. Cf. extraversion n. 2.
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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > theory of psychoanalysis > libido > transfer of feelings > turning outwards > [noun]
extraversion1915
extroversion1920
somatotonia1940
1920 A. G. Tansley New Psychol. iv. viii. 88 Extroversion is the thrusting out of the mind on to life, the use of the mind in practical affairs, the pouring out of the libido on external objects.
1951 M. McLuhan Mech. Bride 90/1 Mussolini..was all for this Marinetti extroversion of the self and fusion with the activity of the machine.
1959 Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Jan. 29/2 A dissatisfaction with life which is notable in some other panoramas of the time which maintain the virtues of extroversion.
Derivatives
extroˈversive adj. characterized by or given to extroversion.
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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > theory of psychoanalysis > libido > transfer of feelings > turning outwards > [adjective]
extraverted1915
extrovert1918
extroversive1923
extroverted1923
extraversive1937
somatotonic1937
extrovertish1946
1923 Westm. Gaz. 21 Mar. 12/3 Every individual possesses both introversive and extroversive mechanisms.
1932 Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. Apr. 300 Rorschach..distinguishes two types, the ‘introversive’ and the ‘extroversive’. They are to all intents and purposes the same as Jung's types.
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