INTROVERSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does introversion mean? 

• INTROVERSION (noun)
  The noun INTROVERSION has 3 senses:

1. the condition of being folded inward or sheathed

2. the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface

3. (psychology) an introverted disposition; concern with one's own thoughts and feelings

  Familiarity information: INTROVERSION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTROVERSION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The condition of being folded inward or sheathed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

introversion; invagination

Hypernyms ("introversion" is a kind of...):

condition (a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing)

Derivation:

introvert (fold inwards)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

infolding; introversion; intussusception; invagination

Context example:

the invagination of the blastula

Hypernyms ("introversion" is a kind of...):

biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)

Derivation:

introvert (fold inwards)

Sense 3

Meaning:

(psychology) an introverted disposition; concern with one's own thoughts and feelings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("introversion" is a kind of...):

unsociability; unsociableness (an unsociable disposition; avoiding friendship or companionship)

Attribute:

introversive; introvertive (directed inward; marked by interest in yourself or concerned with inner feelings)

Domain category:

psychological science; psychology (the science of mental life)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "introversion"):

internality; inwardness (preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values))

Antonym:

ambiversion ((psychology) a balanced disposition intermediate between extroversion and introversion)

extraversion ((psychology) an extroverted disposition; concern with what is outside the self)

Derivation:

introvert (turn inside)