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Recharging by talking to people instead of away from them.

means A personality tendency toward drawing energy from outward engagement — social interaction, stimulation, and the external world — rather than from solitude.

from Built from Latin extra/extro- ('outward, beyond') plus vertere ('to turn') — literally 'turning outward.' The psychological sense was shaped in the early 20th century, notably by Carl Jung, who paired it with its opposite, introversion, to describe where a person's energy and attention naturally flow — out toward others, or inward toward the self. The spelling 'extra-' is technically more correct by the Latin, but 'extro-' caught on to mirror 'introversion' and stuck.

not the opposite
of shyness, that is neuroticism's job
energy source
stimulation from others, not approval from others
spectrum, not switch
most people land near the middle
loud is optional
quiet extroverts exist, they just need the room
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