introverted

Etymology

From introvert + -ed, q.v.

verb

1. simple past and past participle of introvert

adj

1. Turned or thrust inward
   1. Thinking about internal or spiritual matters.
      ...Self-searching with an introverted eye... 1782, William Cowper, “Conversation”, in Poems, l. 230
   2. (psychology) Of or characteristic of the personality of an introvert: thoughtful, reflective.
      An extraverted individual can hardly understand the necessity that forces the introverted to accomplish his adaptation by first formulating a general conception. 1915, Carl Jung, “On Psychological Understanding”, in Journal of Abnormal Psychology, number 9, page 397
      The introverted type is characterised by the fact that his libido is turned towards his own personality to a certain extent. 1916, Constance Ellen Long transl. Carl Jung as Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology, p. 348
      There is a tendency to equate ‘introverted’ with ‘withdrawn’ or ‘schizoid’. 1968, Charles Rycroft, A Critical Dictionary of Psychoanalysis, page 48
   3. (poetry, literature) Arranged so that two similar words, lines, etc. form the middle of the structure.
      In the Quatrain Reversed or Introverted, the first line corresponds with the fourth. 1896, Richard Green Moulton, The Literary Study of the Bible, page 50