the.com/introvert
Not shy — just running on a battery that recharges in silence, not crowds.
means A person who gains energy from solitude and quiet reflection rather than from social stimulation, and tends to find prolonged socializing draining.
from Built from Latin intro- ('inward, to the inside') plus vertere ('to turn') — literally 'turned inward.' The word existed in older psychological and even alchemical writing before Carl Jung picked it up in the early 20th century and gave it its modern meaning, pairing it with its mirror-image coinage 'extrovert' (turned outward) to describe where people naturally direct their attention and energy.
- energy source
- solitude recharges, socializing drains
- common myth
- introverts hate people, actually just hate small talk
- famous ones
- einstein, rowling, and half your favorite artists