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Recent Examples of introversion
Normalize introversion by leading by example, allowing introverted employees to leverage their strengths.
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
His Brazilian nationality certainly helps, as does his more outspoken personality that could clash with Messi’s introversion.
—Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
Yai’s unexpected introversion is overshadowed by her strange and enchanting presence, much like the saturated floral aroma.
—Essence, 24 Apr. 2025
This, combined with the inherent nature of introversion, where socializing can be draining, makes the current landscape particularly taxing.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Apr. 2025
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
His Brazilian nationality certainly helps, as does his more outspoken personality that could clash with Messi’s introversion.
—Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
Yai’s unexpected introversion is overshadowed by her strange and enchanting presence, much like the saturated floral aroma.
—Essence, 24 Apr. 2025
This, combined with the inherent nature of introversion, where socializing can be draining, makes the current landscape particularly taxing.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Apr. 2025
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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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The romantic storyline represents uncharted territory for a character known more for self-absorption than self-reflection.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
20 Aug. 2025
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Aaron Peck writes in the Times Literary Supplement, Published in 1869, Sentimental Education portrays the coming of age of its central character in the years before France’s Second Empire, an ironic hero whose self-absorption prevents him from any meaningful engagement in life.—
Diana Arterian
July 30,
Literary Hub,
30 July 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
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The show gave voice to a generation’s anxieties and self-awareness in ways that resonated deeply with viewers who were navigating similar experiences.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
20 Aug. 2025
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Start with deep self-discovery and self-awareness Strong job searches begin with clarity and self-awareness.—
Kathy Caprino,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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Research clearly shows the power of such introspection.—
Albert Kim,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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By photographing moments of introspection and inner life, Romane takes part in the ritual itself, while spending meaningful time with the communities of Jurema and the quilombos.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
11 Aug. 2025
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She’s played by an A-list celebrity — Cate Blanchett — operating in a city renowned for its self-involvement and privilege.—
Lorraine Ali,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2025
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The conceit and self-involvement of Isabella’s brother John is also dispatched effectively, not with aphorism but with his own words.—
Adelle Waldman,
New Yorker,
31 May 2025
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Like any literary work, the individual critical voice finds its echoes in the world at large, in readers’ self-recognition, in a sense of community.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
24 July 2025
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Lent is a time of preparation and self-recognition prior to Easter.—
Chris Sims,
Louisville Courier Journal,
13 Apr. 2025
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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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Per Britannica, Jung's psychoanalytic method focuses on integrating conscious and unconscious aspects of the psyche to achieve personal growth and self-realization.—
Mekishana Pierre,
EW.com,
3 July 2025
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Even when characters get a moment of self-realization, Robert Horn and Kwame Kwei-Armah’s book, including sizeable chunks of the screenplay, replaces drama with platitudes or dialogue gags.—
David Benedict,
Variety,
24 June 2025
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“Introversion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/introversion. Accessed 26 Aug. 2025.
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