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Recent Examples of introversion
Contrary to popular belief, introversion isn't about shyness or social anxiety.
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Caroline Castrillon, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
And there are ways to square your natural introversion with the universal human need for connection.
—Olga Khazan, Vox, 11 Mar. 2025
Our symptoms are classics: addictions, low self-esteem, attachment disorder, over/under achievement, introversion and loneliness, to name some.
—R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2025
Our symptoms are classics: addictions, low self-esteem, attachment disorder, over/under achievement, introversion and loneliness, to name some.
—Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2025
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Caroline Castrillon, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
And there are ways to square your natural introversion with the universal human need for connection.
—Olga Khazan, Vox, 11 Mar. 2025
Our symptoms are classics: addictions, low self-esteem, attachment disorder, over/under achievement, introversion and loneliness, to name some.
—R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2025
Our symptoms are classics: addictions, low self-esteem, attachment disorder, over/under achievement, introversion and loneliness, to name some.
—Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 8 Feb. 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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But, sometimes, accomplishment and self-absorption can go together.—
Jed Brewer,
Rolling Stone,
1 Apr. 2025
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In the view of Georgie’s daughter, Suke Wolton, who teaches politics at Oxford, her late mother found Foster’s self-absorption a little hard to take.—
Ian Parker,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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Zambra’s essays and stories contain plenty of reflection and self-analysis, but the fundamental purpose of the nonfiction that dominates the book is to show readers his son, his son’s world, and the overlapping but not identical world of fatherhood.—
Lily Meyer,
The Atlantic,
23 Dec. 2024
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The sociopolitical implications of his story—desperate poverty, harassment by the police, along with exploitation by the boxing business and its high-handed authorities—are balanced by his earnest self-analyses and the detailing of his home life.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
17 Oct. 2024
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Learners should leave with the ability to help others improve team dynamics, resolve conflict, or coach for self-awareness.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Viewers are waiting to see what bombshells drop in the finale; prior seasons have included a murder among the rich hotel guests, who are pilloried for their privilege and lack of self-awareness.—
Maya Salam,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2025
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Rediscover your personal brand through introspection to get clear on your values, purpose, superpowers and differentiation.—
William Arruda,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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On March 20, the sun will enter Aries and slip into your 12th house of closure, dreams and all things behind the scenes, marking a time for rest and introspection.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
20 Mar. 2025
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But there’s no monopoly on self-involvement, in my experience.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
28 Jan. 2025
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At the far opposite end of the adulthood spectrum is Jeff (Alex Wolff), a floppy mess of romantic misadventures and extravagant self-involvement and possibly the world’s most distracted producer.—
Sheri Linden,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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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
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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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As the story unfolds, viewers are drawn into the world of creativity and introspection, witnessing the journey towards self-realization and fulfillment of aspirations, all while navigating the intricate dynamics of the mother-daughter relationship.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
19 Mar. 2025
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Both young actors are superb, each zigzagging along that fine line between immature posturing and actual, exhilarating self-realization, evoking that transitional stage through which girls like them can often seem at least three ages at once.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Introversion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/introversion. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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