The Collaborative International Dictionary
Extraversion \Ex`tra*ver"sion\, n. [Pref. extra- + L. vertere,
versum, to turn: cf. F. extraversion.]
The act of throwing out; the state of being turned or thrown
out. [Obs.]
--Boyle.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1690s, "a turning out," from Medieval Latin extraversionem, from extra "outward" (see extra-) + versionem (see version). Psychological sense is from 1915; see extraverted.
Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of extroversion English)
WordNet
n. (psychology) an extroverted disposition; concern with what is outside the self [syn: extroversion] [ant: introversion, ambiversion]
Usage examples of "extraversion".
Duffy had suggested calling these twoes of individuals labiles and stabiles, and thisification, while not as famous as extraversion and introversion, was just as solidly backed by empirical evidence, and just as useful in understanding varieties of temperament.
It demands an extraversion of temperament which was not mine, and the irreversibility of what was done sometimes struck me as mischievous.
My mom, whose extraversion percentile is off the charts, has introduced me to tons of natives in the Upper Valley.