omnivert
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]omnivert (plural omniverts)
- A person who fits into both extremes of the extroversion-introversion personality spectrum.
- 2009, Rueben P. Job, edited by Rueben P. Job, Becoming a Praying Congregation: Churchwide Leadership Tools[1], Abingdon Press, →ISBN:
- Becoming an Omnivert Like Jesus: I found in my research that some folks are able to be energized by the inner world as well as the outer. They can move to the orientation that is most useful for them at any given time. I call these folk omniverts.
- 2010 October 1, Nancy Reeves, Spirituality for Extroverts: and Tips for Those Who Love Them[2], Abingdon Press, →ISBN:
- Extroverts are more energized by interacting with the outer world; introverts with the inner world. Some folks are able to be energized by the inner world as well as the outer. They can move to the orientation that is most useful for them at any given time. I call these folk omniverts. The prefix omni means "combining all." Each omnivert will have either an extroverted or introverted inclination.
- 2017, Daniel Fusco, Upward, Inward, Outward[3], NavPress, →ISBN, page 205:
- I love crowds and conversations and meeting new people, but I also need to chill on the couch with my bass or a book. I'm an omnivert. You might get antsy whenever you're alone, or you may get nervous whenever you leave the house. But all of us are part of a network of actual and potential relationships.
- 2022 January 28, Eesha Jain, chapter 3, in Bitter Truth of Life[4], BOOKSQUIRREL, page 35:
- She is a classic omnivert who loves playing around with a bunch of unfiltered thoughts and biochemical things. She is a firm believer of 'everyone & everything around has a story to tell' and is on the journey to decipher all those tales.