[ 'ɛkstrəvə:t ]
(also chiefly Psychology extravert )
■ noun an outgoing, socially confident person.
↘ Psychology a person predominantly concerned with external things or objective considerations. Compare with introvert .
■ adjective relating to or denoting an ~.
Derivatives
extroversion noun
~ed adjective
Origin
early 20th cent. (earlier (C17) as extroversion ): from extro- (var. of extra- ) + L. vertere 'to turn'.