introvert
noun /ˈɪntrəvɜːt/
/ˈɪntrəvɜːrt/
- a quiet person who is more interested in their own thoughts and feelings than in spending time with other people
- He was described as an introvert, a reserved man who spoke little.
Word Originmid 17th cent. (as a verb in the general sense ‘turn one's thoughts inwards (in spiritual contemplation)’): from modern Latin introvertere, from intro- ‘to the inside’ + vertere ‘to turn’. Its use as a term in psychology dates from the early 20th cent.