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introversion  

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  • Søren Kierkegaard uses this term to mean a withdrawal from the world, a withdrawal that is both the result of and an encouragement to reflection. So it is a form of introspection, and actively opposed to immediacy, the unquestioning immersion in everyday experience. [Source: Dictionary of Existential Psychotherapy and Counselling; Introversion]

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