introvert

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• IPA^(key): /ˈɪntɹəvɜː(ɹ)t/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t

Adjective

introvert (comparative more introvert, superlative most introvert)

1. (of a person) Who focuses primarily on their own mind, feelings, or affairs.

Noun

introvert (plural introverts)

1. One who focuses primarily on their own mind, feelings, or affairs.
2. One who generally prefers to spend time in non-social situations.
3. (zoology) An anterior portion of some annelid worms capable of retraction.
   • 1990, Deborah A. Coulombe, Seaside Naturalist, →ISBN, page 76:

     Peanut worms (phylum Sipunculida) are drab-colored bottom dwellers, most of which are less then four inches long. Their body is divided into two sections: the trunk and the introvert. The introvert, the narrow neck-like anterior section, is used as a probe.

   • 2006, Nematodes, Leeches, and Other Worms, →ISBN, page 38:

     When a peanut worm feeds, it extends and waves its introvert so that the mouth at the tip wanders across the seabed.

   • 2009, Lynn Marguli &, ‎Michael J Chapman, Kingdoms and Domains: An Illustrated Guide to the Phyla of Life on Earth, →ISBN:

     The introvert is everted by hydraulic pressure exerted by contraction of body muscles on the coelomic fluid.

Noun

introvert m

1. introvert (psychology)

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• Hyphenation: in‧tro‧vert

Adjective

introvert (comparative introverter, superlative introvertst)

1. introvert