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What is "extraverted"

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
extraverted

in modern psychology, 1915, a variant of extroverted (see extrovert). Related: Extravert (n.), for which also see extrovert. There was a verb extravert in mid- to late 17c. meaning "to turn outward so as to be visible," from Latin extra "outward" + vertere "to turn."

Wiktionary
extraverted

a. (alternative form of extroverted English)

WordNet
extraverted

adj. characterized by extroversion [syn: extrovert, extravert, extroverted, extrovertive, extravertive]

Usage examples of "extraverted".

It's a matter of the finest balances, and extraverted and introverted attitudes.

It has a peculiarly introspective flavor to it that we don’t have in our extraverted Galactic civilization.