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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Introversion

Introversion \In`tro*ver"sion\, n. [See Introvert.] The act of introverting, or the state of being introverted; the act of turning the mind inward.
--Berkeley.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
introversion

1650s, of thought or contemplation, from Modern Latin introversionem, noun of action from past participle stem of *introvertere (see introvert). Meaning "tendency to withdraw from the world" is from 1912.

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introversion

n. (context psychology English) The act or process of introverting or the quality of being introverted; the quality of focusing on one's own interests, thoughts, and feelings

WordNet
introversion
  1. n. the condition of being folded inward or sheathed [syn: invagination]

  2. the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface; "the invagination of the blastula" [syn: invagination, intussusception, infolding]

  3. (psychology) an introverted disposition; concern with one's own thoughts and feelings [ant: ambiversion, extraversion]

Wikipedia
Introversion (Lay Back and Join)

Introversion is the sixth album by EBM group A Split-Second. It consists of unreleased and live material.

Usage examples of "introversion".

Are we to think that a being knowing itself must contain diversity, that self-knowledge can be affirmed only when some one phase of the self perceives other phases, and that therefore an absolutely simplex entity would be equally incapable of introversion and of self-awareness?

As a writer he was wholly untrained, but with all his introversions and obscurities he is the most readable chronicler of his time, the most amusing and as untrustworthy as any.