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Introversion(health)
introversion(dictionary)

introversion (iou)



introversion noun. M17.
[from INTROVERT verb after evert, eversion, etc.: see -ION.]
a. The action or an act of turning the thoughts inwards to the contemplation of one's own thoughts or feelings or of inward or spiritual things. M17.
J. Wesley The attending to the voice of Christ within you is..Introversion.
b. The fact or tendency of having one's thoughts and interests directed chiefly inwards and withdrawing from the external world. Opp. EXTROVERSION 3. E20.
V. Brome Jung characterized introversion as 'a hesitant, reflective, retiring nature'.
The action of physically turning inwards, esp. of drawing an outer part into the interior; the condition of being turned inwards. L18.
introversive adjective characterized by or having the quality or effect of introversion E19.