extrovert

extrovert
A gregarious person whose chief interests lie outside the self, and who is socially self-confident and involved in the affairs of others. Cf.:introvert. SYN: extravert.

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ex·tro·vert also ex·tra·vert 'ek-strə-.vərt adj EXTROVERTED
extrovert also extravert n one whose personality is characterized by extroversion broadly a gregarious and unreserved person compare INTROVERT

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n.

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ex·tro·vert (eksґtro-vərt) 1. a person whose interest is turned outward to the external world. 2. to turn one's interest outward to the external world.

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