different between extraversion vs extroversion
extraversion
English
Etymology
From New Latin extr?versio, from Classical Latin extr?- (“outside”) + versio (“a turning”). Equivalent to extravert +? -sion. Popularized as a psychological term by the German works of Carl Jung.
Noun
extraversion (countable and uncountable, plural extraversions)
- Alternative spelling of extroversion
- 1675, Robert Boyle, "Of the Imperfection of the Chymist's Doctrine of Qualities", The Mechanical Origine or Production of Corrosiveness and Corrosibility, p. 36:
- ...the supposed Extraversion or Intraversion of Sulphur...
- 1915, Carl Jung, "On Psychological Understanding", Journal of Abnormal Psychology, No. 9, p. 396:
- I called the hysterical type the extraversion type and the psychasthénic type the introversion type.
- 1675, Robert Boyle, "Of the Imperfection of the Chymist's Doctrine of Qualities", The Mechanical Origine or Production of Corrosiveness and Corrosibility, p. 36:
Usage notes
Technical papers in psychology still prefer the variant extraversion used by Carl Jung, although the spelling extroversion is more common in general use.
Derived terms
- extraversive, extravert, extraverted
References
- “extraversion, n.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1894
French
Noun
extraversion f (plural extraversions)
- extroversion
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extroversion
English
Alternative forms
- extraversion
Etymology
From extrovert +? -sion, a variant of extraversion popularized in psychology by Phyllis Blanchard's use of the variant (then nonstandard) spelling extrovert in her 1918 "Psycho-Analytic Study of August Comte".
Noun
extroversion (usually uncountable, plural extroversions)
- The state or quality of being extroverted or an extrovert, particularly:
- (religion, obsolete) Consideration of the material world as an aid to spiritual insight.
- 1656, Thomas Blount, Glossographia, s.v. "Extroversion":
- in mystical Divinity... a scattering or distracting ones thoughts upon exterior objects.
- 1788, John Wesley, Works, Vol. VI, p. 451:
- The turning of the eye of the mind from [Christ] to outward things [mystics] call Extroversion.
- 1656, Thomas Blount, Glossographia, s.v. "Extroversion":
- (medicine) The condition of being inside out, especially in relation to the bladder.
- 1835, Robert Bentley Todd, ed., The Cyclopaedia of Anatomy and Physiology, Vol. I, p. 391:
- In extroversion of the bladder the anterior part of this organ is more or less completely wanting.
- 1835, Robert Bentley Todd, ed., The Cyclopaedia of Anatomy and Physiology, Vol. I, p. 391:
- (informal psychology) A personality orientation towards others and things outside oneself; behavior expressing such orientation.
- 1920, Arthur George Tansley, The New Psychology and Its Relation to Life, p. 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.
- 1999, Ben Brantley, "‘The Dead’: a Musical That Dares to be Quiet," New York Times, 29 Oct.:
- In a genre characterized by brassy extroversion, The Dead is a quiet revolutionary: a musical that dares to be diffident.
- 1920, Arthur George Tansley, The New Psychology and Its Relation to Life, p. 88:
- (religion, obsolete) Consideration of the material world as an aid to spiritual insight.
Usage notes
Technical papers in psychology overwhelmingly prefer the form extraversion used by Carl Jung, although the variant extroversion is more common in general use.
Synonyms
- (medicine): exstrophy
- (psychology): sociability
Antonyms
- (psychology): introversion
Related terms
- ambiversion
- extroversive
- extrovert, extroverted
Translations
References
- “extroversion, n.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1894
- Scott Barry Kaufman, "The Difference between ExtrAversion and ExtrOversion", Beautiful Minds, Scientific American, Springer Nature America, 2015.
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