introversion

UK /ɪntɹəʊˈvɜːʃən/ US /ɪntɹəˈvəɹʒən/
noun 4

Definitions

noun

1

A turning inward, particularly

This disease is sometimes produced by the introversion of the edge of the lower eyelid.

2

A turning inward

...their... Fastings, Prayings,... Introversions,... Humiliations, Mortifications...

The attending to the voice of Christ within you is what [mystics] term Introversion.

3

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.

4

A turning inward

Such introversion is merely a matter of form.

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