otrovert
A person who is unable to feel a connection to social groups or collectives, as distinct from both an introvert and an extrovert.
For most people, this sacrifice is made easily and instinctively. Not so for otroverts, who are neither willing nor able to passively adopt the social scripts that others do. To the otrovert, who is constantly engaged with the choices and consequences of their individual life, social norms follow a circular logic: […]
Where it comes from
From Spanish otro (“other”) + -vert, from Latin vertere (“to turn”). Coined by American psychiatrist w: in 2025.
Adapted from the Wiktionary entry otrovert (CC BY-SA 4.0).