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Recent Examples of introversion
This is perhaps best understood in terms of one of the Big Five Personality traits – introversion and extraversion – as many people have come to realize that there are individual differences, but one is not inherently better than the other.
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Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
The deep introversion Pet Sounds communicates was the result of this process, spurred on in part by Wilson's worsening mental health, affected by both drug use and the feeling that the pop world that had granted him power no longer had room for his dreams.
—Ann Powers, NPR, 11 June 2025
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Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
The deep introversion Pet Sounds communicates was the result of this process, spurred on in part by Wilson's worsening mental health, affected by both drug use and the feeling that the pop world that had granted him power no longer had room for his dreams.
—Ann Powers, NPR, 11 June 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
Noun
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Scene by scene, Reichardt reminds of the world J.B., in his self-absorption, has been hiding out from.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
17 Oct. 2025
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That blindness, that self-absorption, has become your legacy.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
9 Oct. 2025
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With a mind engaged in varied tasks, the time dedicated to art becomes sharper, less prone to the debilitating self-analysis that can derail artistic momentum.—
Kice Akkawi,
Rolling Stone,
16 June 2025
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Mills, a longtime associate of Fiona Apple, knows this territory well: the pointed self-analysis of an extremely sensitive person.—
Jenn Pelly,
Time,
7 June 2025
Noun
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Lawrence is liberated from anything resembling propriety or self-consciousness here.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
6 Nov. 2025
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Everything is without self-consciousness, and adapts and adapts, and just is.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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An unexpected reroute in plans reminds you that growth sometimes means relearning the same lesson, just with more self-awareness this time.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
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That, in and of itself, is actually pretty good self-awareness.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
7 Nov. 2025
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Not because this 2-2 draw at Sunderland provides cause for significant introspection.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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Flora remembered his high school experience with a mix of introspection and relief.—
Evan Moore
November 7,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Nov. 2025
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Wettig noted in an August 2009 interview with NPR that though Thirtysomething's characters were often accused of being narcissistic by critics, their self-involvement was also reflective of the time.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Sep. 2025
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In terms that viewers of the original series might understand, Esmeralda falls somewhere between the tyranny of Michael Scott, the absurdity of Dwight Schrute, and the self-involvement of Kelly Kapoor with a particular charisma that only Impacciatore could pull off.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
4 Sep. 2025
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At the heart of every acting career lies a paradox: the ambition is for self-recognition; the art is of self-disappearance.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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Whether or not dogs have awareness of themselves as an individual and any sort of mirror self-recognition is still up for debate.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Aug. 2025
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Narcissists are known for their sense of entitlement, self-centeredness, superiority complex, and condescending attitude toward others.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
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This is different from egoism and self-centeredness.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Introversion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/introversion. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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