■ noun a shy, reticent person.
↘ Psychology a person predominantly concerned with their own thoughts and feelings rather than with external things. Compare with extrovert .
■ adjective of, denoting, or typical of an ~.
Derivatives
introversion noun
introversive -'və:sɪv adjective
Origin
C17: from mod. L. ~ere , from intro- 'to the inside' + vertere 'to turn'.