ambivert

ambivert
ambivert (n.) "person exhibiting features of an extrovert and an introvert," coined by Kimball Young in "Source Book for Social Psychology" (1927), from AMBI- (Cf. ambi-) "about, around" + L. vertere, as in INTROVERT (Cf. introvert). Related: Ambiversion.

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