0 the quality of being shy and quiet, and preferring to spend time alone rather than often being with other people:
His natural introversion was frequently criticised by his wife as being "dull and boring".
For instance, creative ability is associated with extreme independence, nonconformity, and introversion, which would undermine the individual's adaptation to social norms and expectations.
English history has always been a counterpoint of cosmopolitanism and introversion, both themes being present together.
Everything is here: surprise, dismay, complacency, botched-up appearances, introversion, ego split, and unhealthy spirituality.
One group had more troubled childhoods and scored relatively high on measures of social introversion and fear fulness 0 anxiety.
The exploration of form carried with it a danger of introversion, and of indifference to the actual conditions of society.
