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> "Introvert" still doesn't mean "shy"

According to dictionary.com[0], that's exactly what it means.

Introvert - noun - A shy person.

[0] https://www.dictionary.com/browse/introvert




The APA's definition is probably more authoritative, and is inline with what OP suggested:

https://dictionary.apa.org/introversion


The goal of a dictionary is to be a reliable indicator of actual usage, so an authoritative dictionary is a bit of a contradiction. Almost all English linguists reject that sort of prescriptivism.

Meaning that the opinion of the experts is that a word's "true meaning" is however it is commonly understood by the people using it.




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