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Recent Examples of introversion
Katharine Briggs and Isabel Briggs Myers, a mother-daughter duo, spent much of the 20th century developing their system’s dichotomies: introversion and extraversion, feeling and thinking, intuition and sensing, judging and perceiving.
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Chelsea Leu, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2024
Situational Preferences Your preference for introversion or extroversion changes based on your mood or the context.
—Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 3 July 2024
The body ink, including a Janus-like image of Julius Caesar covering the whole back of his shaven head, is also a red herring, projecting a tough-guy facade far removed from Kaloyan’s actual introversion.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 4 July 2024
Shadow is one of them but also synchronicity, introversion and extroversion, the collective unconscious.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 28 June 2024
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Chelsea Leu, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2024
Situational Preferences Your preference for introversion or extroversion changes based on your mood or the context.
—Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 3 July 2024
The body ink, including a Janus-like image of Julius Caesar covering the whole back of his shaven head, is also a red herring, projecting a tough-guy facade far removed from Kaloyan’s actual introversion.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 4 July 2024
Shadow is one of them but also synchronicity, introversion and extroversion, the collective unconscious.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 28 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for introversion
- self-absorption
- self-analysis
- self-awareness
- introspection
- self-involvement
- self-recognition
- self-concern
- self-realization
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But Headland’s play distinguishes itself from the others by investigating these confrontations alongside pride: How does this sin, defined by blinding self-absorption and lack of humility, distort the Dahls’ love?—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 Dec. 2024
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But that feckless self-absorption is rerouted, if not extinguished, by a chance sighting of local resident Charlotte (Alison Pill).—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
13 Dec. 2024
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Zambra’s essays and stories contain plenty of reflection and self-analysis, but the fundamental purpose of the nonfiction that dominates the book is to show readers his son, his son’s world, and the overlapping but not identical world of fatherhood.—
Lily Meyer,
The Atlantic,
23 Dec. 2024
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The sociopolitical implications of his story—desperate poverty, harassment by the police, along with exploitation by the boxing business and its high-handed authorities—are balanced by his earnest self-analyses and the detailing of his home life.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
17 Oct. 2024
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Cultivating vulnerability is a gradual process—one that can be developed over time with self-awareness and a willingness to embrace discomfort in small doses.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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Explore philosophies that give you a better self-awareness of the true meaning of your life.—
Georgia Nicols,
The Denver Post,
15 Jan. 2025
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This step involves introspection and an honest evaluation of your habits, environment, and emotions.—
True Tamplin,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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What Venus in Pisces Means for You, Based on Your Zodiac Sign Aries (March 20-April 19) Buckle up — January is a month for deep introspection and preparing for the exciting twists and turns love has in store, Aries.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
10 Jan. 2025
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Too often, his method isn’t nearly as subtle or searching, and this, combined with a reflexive self-involvement, tends to rob The Message of truly resonant insight in both Senegal and Israel.—
Daniel Bergner,
The Atlantic,
24 Sep. 2024
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The characters’ identities are just a medium for exposing their self-involvement.—
TIME,
TIME,
2 Feb. 2024
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Lent is a time of preparation and self-recognition prior to Easter.—
Marina Johnson,
The Courier-Journal,
21 Feb. 2024
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Even for members of this elite group, self-recognition is no instant achievement.—
Karen Wright,
Discover Magazine,
11 Nov. 2019
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How much genuine pathos, and how much savvy self-concern, expediency?—
Willing Davidson,
The New Yorker,
21 July 2024
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While our hearts might be able to bleed for billions of strangers at a time, our heads are often preoccupied with more local problems, and the 21st century has exacerbated that dissonance to the point that we’re all locked in a near-constant negotiation between empathy and self-concern.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
28 June 2024
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These songs act as cognitive time capsules, evoking moments of heartbreak, discovery, and self-realization.—
Diana Spehar,
Forbes,
6 Dec. 2024
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Rothwell, who created and stars in the Hulu series, understood the need for a coming-of-age story about celebrating oneself at all parts of the journey, no matter how turbulent the road to self-realization is.—
Ile-Ife Okantah,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2024
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“Introversion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/introversion. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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