introverted

From introvert +‎ -ed, q.v.

introverted

1. simple past and past participle of introvert

introverted (comparative more introverted, superlative most introverted)

1. Turned or thrust inward, particularly:
   1. Thinking about internal or spiritual matters.
      • 1782, William Cowper, “Conversation”, in Poems, l. 230:

        ...Self-searching with an introverted eye...

   2. (psychology) Of or characteristic of the personality of an introvert: thoughtful, reflective.
      • 1915, Carl Jung, “On Psychological Understanding”, in Journal of Abnormal Psychology, number 9, page 397:

        An extraverted individual can hardly understand the necessity that forces the introverted to accomplish his adaptation by first formulating a general conception.

      • 1916, Constance Ellen Long transl. Carl Jung as Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology, p. 348

        The introverted type is characterised by the fact that his libido is turned towards his own personality to a certain extent.

      • 1968, Charles Rycroft, A Critical Dictionary of Psychoanalysis, page 48:

        There is a tendency to equate ‘introverted’ with ‘withdrawn’ or ‘schizoid’.

   3. (poetry, literature) Arranged so that two similar words, lines, etc. form the middle of the structure.
      • 1896, Richard Green Moulton, The Literary Study of the Bible, page 50:

        In the Quatrain Reversed or Introverted, the first line corresponds with the fourth.

• (psychology): introvert

• (antonym(s) of “psychology”): extraverted (proper); extroverted (informal)