Seven ways to turn

Definitions

Which way does each one turn?

Introvert

Turns inward. Recharges alone and likes quiet. Introversion and extraversion were popularized by the psychiatrist Carl Jung in the 1920s.

Extrovert

Turns outward. Gets energy from people, conversation and company.

Ambivert

Turns both ways. Sits in the middle and fits in with whoever is in the room.

Otrovert

Stands at the edge. Can socialize easily and feel real empathy, yet does not care about fitting in with group norms or winning approval. Coined in 2025 by psychiatrist Dr. Rami Kaminski in The Gift of Not Belonging. A newly proposed concept, not a clinical diagnosis. Read more about otroverts.

Omnivert

Turns every way. Swings between quiet and loud depending on the day, the room or the mood. Different from an ambivert, who stays in the middle.

Subvert

Turns upside down. “Subvert” is an old word that means to overturn, from “sub” (under) and “vert” (turn). A subvert flips the usual expectation of how a person in a room is supposed to act.

Technovert

Turns on. Is most at ease through a screen, and connects through messages, games and the group chat as easily as in person.

Not sure?

Six questions. A game, not a personality test.

Which vert are you?

Some of these are established terms and some are WHATVERT? takes on the pattern. None are clinical diagnoses, and nobody has to qualify to wear one.