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Recent Examples of introversion
And there are ways to square your natural introversion with the universal human need for connection.
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Olga Khazan, Vox, 11 Mar. 2025
Your introversion gives you strengths that are sorely needed in most organizations today.
—Sissel Heiberg, Big Think, 24 Feb. 2025
Neither are related to your introversion.
—Sissel Heiberg, Big Think, 24 Feb. 2025
Often, success doesn’t require extroversion or introversion but rather an understanding of how well a specific style fits the stage of the business and its context.
—Dr. Eric George, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
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Olga Khazan, Vox, 11 Mar. 2025
Your introversion gives you strengths that are sorely needed in most organizations today.
—Sissel Heiberg, Big Think, 24 Feb. 2025
Neither are related to your introversion.
—Sissel Heiberg, Big Think, 24 Feb. 2025
Often, success doesn’t require extroversion or introversion but rather an understanding of how well a specific style fits the stage of the business and its context.
—Dr. Eric George, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for introversion
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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His self-absorption, against the backdrop of such enormous loss, was particularly striking.—
Kevin Johnson,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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But, sometimes, accomplishment and self-absorption can go together.—
Jed Brewer,
Rolling Stone,
1 Apr. 2025
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Do some self-analysis, and ask yourself: What are my interests?—
Robin Ryan,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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This is another trait of Mr. McNally’s: lacerating self-analysis, paired with knowing humor.—
Sarah Lyall,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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Men who enter conflict with curiosity, humility, self-awareness and a willingness to repair aren't weak.—
Ximena Araya-Fischel,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
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Such questions can also help children develop more self-awareness, child psychologist Becky Kennedy told CNBC Make It in January.—
Megan Sauer,
CNBC,
15 May 2025
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Cudi helped bring about a shift to hip-hop by introducing moodiness, unconventionality and introspection to the genre, trends that still hold today and influenced West, said Shamira Ibrahim, a freelance culture writer.—
Deon J. Hampton,
NBC news,
22 May 2025
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Rutherford is an appealing leading lady, able to marry both Agathe’s seeming awkwardness (and some most excellent bits of physical humor) and her deep introspection into something fresh and flinty.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
20 May 2025
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But when we’re made to watch Tesfaye sing it in its entirety in an unbroken close-up while crying at the beauty of his own music, the introspection turns to simple self-involvement.—
Charles Bramesco,
IndieWire,
15 May 2025
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But her apparent passiveness is not as tragic as Bin’s self-involvement.—
Madeline Leung Coleman,
Vulture,
9 May 2025
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While the specific returns for these players could be debated, and even though the thought of Marchand, Carlo and Coyle is difficult for any Bruins fan to swallow, the self-recognition by Boston will be appreciated in years to come.—
Tyler Small,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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Researchers believed that would show some semblance of self-recognition.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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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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With suspense and self-realizations, this book will have readers lose track of time and space.—
Sixteen Ramos,
USA Today,
9 May 2025
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In the finale, which aired on HBO on Sunday evening, fans see the other Ratliff siblings find self-realization, whether mildly profound (Saxon unearthed his more spiritual side and at least an inkling of a soul) or materialistic (Piper can’t settle for low thread count or non-organic food).—
Seija Rankin,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Introversion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/introversion. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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