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Recent Examples of introversion
Situational Preferences Your preference for introversion or extroversion changes based on your mood or the context.
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Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 3 July 2024
The body ink, including a Janus-like image of Julius Caesar covering the whole back of his shaven head, is also a red herring, projecting a tough-guy facade far removed from Kaloyan’s actual introversion.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 4 July 2024
Shadow is one of them but also synchronicity, introversion and extroversion, the collective unconscious.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 28 June 2024
Over 32 years, traits parallel to introversion and extraversion in humans—measured by time spent alone, time spent in large groups and number of relationships—remained stable in individual dolphins from infancy through late adulthood.
—Jaimie Seaton, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2024
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Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 3 July 2024
The body ink, including a Janus-like image of Julius Caesar covering the whole back of his shaven head, is also a red herring, projecting a tough-guy facade far removed from Kaloyan’s actual introversion.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 4 July 2024
Shadow is one of them but also synchronicity, introversion and extroversion, the collective unconscious.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 28 June 2024
Over 32 years, traits parallel to introversion and extraversion in humans—measured by time spent alone, time spent in large groups and number of relationships—remained stable in individual dolphins from infancy through late adulthood.
—Jaimie Seaton, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for introversion
- self-absorption
- self-analysis
- self-awareness
- introspection
- self-involvement
- self-recognition
- self-concern
- self-realization
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But that feckless self-absorption is rerouted, if not extinguished, by a chance sighting of local resident Charlotte (Alison Pill).Dennis Harvey, Variety, 13 Dec. 2024
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But Headland’s play distinguishes itself from the others by investigating these confrontations alongside pride: How does this sin, defined by blinding self-absorption and lack of humility, distort the Dahls’ love?Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
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The sociopolitical implications of his story—desperate poverty, harassment by the police, along with exploitation by the boxing business and its high-handed authorities—are balanced by his earnest self-analyses and the detailing of his home life.Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
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My tip: Practice your decision-making skills as a leader with self-analysis to improve your next performance incrementally.LaRae Quy, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
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An overabundance of ego involvement and the judging of others will not allow the vital components of self-awareness and accountability a client needs to benefit from the coaching experience.Expert Panel®, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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There’s a clever self-awareness to the way Jingle All the Way puts a mild-mannered, suburban Schwarzenegger into action-hero mode.Sezín Devi Koehler, EW.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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Also, practicing things like introspection while alone can be valuable into adulthood.Katie Grant, Parents, 12 Dec. 2024
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Edwards' 9-minute reflection on why contemporary life feels inherently wrong has prompted introspection and discussion about the nature of modern living in the comments.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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Too often, his method isn’t nearly as subtle or searching, and this, combined with a reflexive self-involvement, tends to rob The Message of truly resonant insight in both Senegal and Israel.Daniel Bergner, The Atlantic, 24 Sep. 2024
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The characters’ identities are just a medium for exposing their self-involvement.TIME, TIME, 2 Feb. 2024
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Lent is a time of preparation and self-recognition prior to Easter.Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 21 Feb. 2024
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Even for members of this elite group, self-recognition is no instant achievement.Karen Wright, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
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How much genuine pathos, and how much savvy self-concern, expediency?Willing Davidson, The New Yorker, 21 July 2024
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While our hearts might be able to bleed for billions of strangers at a time, our heads are often preoccupied with more local problems, and the 21st century has exacerbated that dissonance to the point that we’re all locked in a near-constant negotiation between empathy and self-concern.David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 28 June 2024
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These songs act as cognitive time capsules, evoking moments of heartbreak, discovery, and self-realization.Diana Spehar, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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Rothwell, who created and stars in the Hulu series, understood the need for a coming-of-age story about celebrating oneself at all parts of the journey, no matter how turbulent the road to self-realization is.Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Introversion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/introversion. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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