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Definition of Introversive
1. Adjective. Directed inward; marked by interest in yourself or concerned with inner feelings.
Attributes: Introversion
Category relationships: Psychological Science, Psychology
Similar to: Introvertish, Shut-in
Also: Unsociable
Antonyms: Ambiversive, Extroversive
Derivative terms: Introvert, Introvert
Definition of Introversive
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Introversive
Literary usage of Introversive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Popular Science Monthly (1884)
""When we come to mental derangements, introversive study is obviously fruitless,
and so long as that was pursued nothing was known of the nature of insanity ..."
2. Essays and Reviews by Edwin Percy Whipple (1883)
"... so profound, so broad, so introversive, penetrating beyond the reach of analysis
to the inmost springs of life, — and its just and discriminating views ..."
3. The Andover Review (1890)
"I believe that their religious spirit, if less monastic and introversive, is more
healthy and aggressive. In my observation of the students of this ..."
4. The Future of Africa: Being Addresses, Sermons, Etc., Etc., Delivered in the by Alexander Crummell (1862)
"Our religion is not diffusive, but rather introversive. It does not flow out,
but rather inward. As a people we like religion—we like religious services. ..."
5. American Journal of Education (1856)
"They all refer significantly enough, to the first efforts of intelligence, when,
previous to any introversive or reflective act, of comparatively subtile or ..."
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