: a person having characteristics of both extrovert and introvert
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Recent Examples on the WebFor simplicity, this article will focus on the following personality traits: extrovert, ambivert and introvert. Julia Wuench, Forbes, 2 Sep. 2021 Chow calls herself an ambivert — a blending of an extrovert mom and an introvert dad. Cheryl Hall, Dallas News, 28 June 2020
Note: The word was apparently introduced, along with ambiversion, by the American psychologist Edmund S. Conklin (1884-1942) in "The definition of introversion, extroversion and allied concepts," Journal of Abnormal Psychology and Social Psychology, vol. 17, no. 4 (January-March, 1923), p. 377.