Relating to or characteristic of extraversion; tending to direct energy outward toward the external world and other people.
From extra- (outward) + versus (turned) + -ive (adjective suffix). Coined in early 20th-century psychology to describe personality orientation. The root versus comes from Latin vertere meaning 'to turn.'
Carl Jung invented 'extravert' in 1921 to describe people who recharge by socializing, directly opposing the popular but misleading idea that shy people are introverted—you can be shy AND extraverted!
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