introversion
noun
- process of turning inward
- human personality trait involving a preference for quiet environments, especially while socializing
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɪntɹəʊˈvɜːʃən/ / /ɪntɹəˈvəɹʒən/ / /ɪntɹəˈvəɹʃən/
noun
Etymology: From New Latin intrōversio, from intrōvertere (“to turn within”), from Classical Latin intro (“within”) and vertere (“to turn”). Equivalent to introvert + -sion or intro- + -version.
- A turning inward, particularly
“This disease is sometimes produced by the introversion of the edge of the lower eyelid.”
- A turning inward
“...their... Fastings, Prayings,... Introversions,... Humiliations, Mortifications...”
“The attending to the voice of Christ within you is what [mystics] term Introversion.”
- A turning inward
“...so that when in later life there occurs an introversion (in the sense of Jung), it consists of a harking back to regressive, reminiscent, infantile material.”
“I called the hysterical type the extraversion type and the psychasthénic type the introversion type.”
- A turning inward
“Such introversion is merely a matter of form.”