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Recent Examples of introversion
Scientists have seen roughly that level of lifespan heritability with other species, as well as with other human traits, such as psychological factors like introversion.
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Andrew Joseph, STAT, 29 Jan. 2026
This style—often associated with introversion and reflective leadership—is gaining recognition as a powerful approach in modern organizations where psychological safety matters most.
—Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Psychologist Hans Jürgen Eysenck has said that creativity and introversion often go hand in hand.
—Goldie Chan, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2025
So why bother to differentiate between introversion/extroversion and social/communication styles?
—Laura Vanderberg, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
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Andrew Joseph, STAT, 29 Jan. 2026
This style—often associated with introversion and reflective leadership—is gaining recognition as a powerful approach in modern organizations where psychological safety matters most.
—Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Psychologist Hans Jürgen Eysenck has said that creativity and introversion often go hand in hand.
—Goldie Chan, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2025
So why bother to differentiate between introversion/extroversion and social/communication styles?
—Laura Vanderberg, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for introversion
- self-absorption
- self-analysis
- self-consciousness
- self-awareness
- introspection
- self-involvement
- self-recognition
- self-centeredness
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Those sorts of unexpected shifts are what make Vile’s brand of self-absorption so uniquely absorbing after all these years, even as Philadelphia leans into his familiar formula of ’70s-Neil ditch-digging filtered through ’80s-Springsteen production and stretched across ’90s-CD sprawl.—
Stuart Berman,
Pitchfork,
4 June 2026
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This fits the very pattern that Rice has created: a model of self-absorption.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
20 May 2026
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For aspiring owners, self-analysis of one’s personality, financial status, goals and life experiences should become the foundation for future choices.—
Angelo Chavez,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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Bait, the new Prime Video miniseries Ahmed created, wrote, and stars in, is both an exercise in self-analysis and an interrogation of it, a breakneck romp through farce, satire, thriller, family drama, and romantic walk-and-talk that transforms itself in each of its six episodes.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
25 Mar. 2026
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There’s no crippling self-consciousness.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 May 2026
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The shame and self-consciousness of visible shaking can lead people to withdraw from the meals, gatherings, and small daily rituals that anchor a social life.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
7 May 2026
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Their self-awareness is not a workshop outcome but a daily discipline based on mindfulness and metacognition.—
Dr. Adil Dalal,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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Uranus is disrupting your fourth house of home, family and emotional roots, while the North Node in your sign highlights your newfound identity and self-awareness.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
11 June 2026
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This brand of builder has a high tolerance for risk and isn’t afraid to list having empathy or self-introspection as vulnerabilities.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
10 June 2026
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Embarrassment over a vulgar and inept political class seems unlikely to open out into severe introspection among the United States’ intellectual and cultural elites, who are primed to regurgitate the narratives of American exceptionalism.—
Wyatt Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
2 June 2026
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Natalie’s anxieties about her sexuality and frustration with her parents’ self-involvement.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
5 June 2026
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By widening the lens, Clark is able to redirect the book’s gaze from the mother toward a quizzical, sometimes critical, but not unaffectionate portrait of two generations of political activism, with the attendant self-involvement and domestic negligence.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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According to a new study published in PLOS One, both animals show the behavioral hallmarks of mirror self-recognition—a cognitive ability long considered a marker of self-awareness, and one that had never before been documented in beluga whales.—
Federica Sgorbissa,
ArsTechnica,
24 May 2026
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Research from Frontiers in Neurology and Neuroscience links susceptibility to contagious yawning with theory of mind, self-recognition and activation of brain regions associated with social cognition and empathy.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2026
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There’s a fine line between self-care and self-centeredness.—
Barton Goldsmith,
AJC.com,
2 June 2026
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This same self-centeredness compels his girlfriend (Olivia Thirlby) to move out of their modest apartment without warning.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Introversion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/introversion. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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