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別の表記

• (psychology): extraverted, extrovert

語源

A variant spelling of extraverted. Popularized as a psychological term by Phyllis Blanchard's use of extrovert in her 1918 "Psycho-Analytic Study of August Comte", from extrovert +‎ -ed.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈɛkstɹəvəːtɪd/, /ɛkstɹəʊˈvəːtɪd/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈɛkstɹəˌvəɹtɪd/, /ɛkstɹoʊˈvəɹtɪd/

動詞

extroverted

1. simple past and past participle of extrovert

形容詞

extroverted (comparative more extroverted, superlative most extroverted)

1. Turned or thrust outwards, especially:
   • 1671, John Webster, Metallographa, page 197:

     The external and combustible Sulphur... is... protruded and extroverted.

   1. (informal psychology) Of or characteristic of the personality of an extrovert: outgoing, sociable.

      She's very extroverted. She's always out meeting new people and looking for new experiences.

      • 2025 August 17, Sarah Avi, “Meet the “Otrovert,” A New Personality Type That May Describe You Better Than Anything”, in Free Jupiter‎:

        This subtle but important distinction means otroverts can blend into both introverted and extroverted environments without fully belonging to either.

   2. (medicine) Synonym of inside-out.

      ...an extroverted bladder...

使用する際の注意点

Technical papers in psychology overwhelmingly prefer extraverted, although the spelling extroverted has become more common in general use.

同意語

• extrorse (botany)

反意語

• introverted

派生語

参照

• “extrovert, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1894.

• Scott Barry Kaufman, "The Difference between ExtrAversion and ExtrOversion", Beautiful Minds, Scientific American, Springer Nature America, 2015.