![\"Otrovert](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Frida-Kahlo-Painting-Credit-Saed-de-los-Santos-CC-BY-3.0.jpg\")
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Psychiatrists have proposed a new personality called the \u201cotrovert\u201d, which refers to a person who is not an extrovert or an introvert. Credit: Saed de los Santos<\/a> \u2013 CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.<\/p>\n Psychiatrists have proposed a new personality called the \u201cotrovert\u201d, which refers to a person who does not look inward like an introvert or outward like an extrovert. Instead, the otrovert orients differently from those around them. Psychiatrist Rami Kaminski is advancing the newly created label as a distinct and potentially advantageous form of temperament.<\/p>\n Kaminski initially described the idea in New Scientist. He claims to have seen the trait in patients, as well as in himself.<\/p>\n The psychiatrist coined the term from the Spanish otro, meaning \u201cother,\u201d and the suffix \u201c-vert,\u201d borrowed from psychological language for orientation.<\/p>\n The \u2018Otrovert\u2019 personality started as a joke<\/p>\n In an interview with New Scientist, Kaminski said, \u201cIn the early stages, it was kind of a joke in the team.\u201d However, after systematic observation, he said, what began as a joke became an actual viable hypothesis. Under the new label, they proposed that some people habitually face a different emotional direction than those around them.<\/p>\n Kaminski and other proponents of the new personality describe otroverts as emotionally independent, resistant to the social impulse to \u201cpair\u201d with the emotions of people nearby, what he dubs the \u201cBluetooth phenomenon\u201d, and inclined toward originality. They are, he said, the kind of thinkers who can spot \u201cthe fanaticism of a hive mind long before most people can.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Intravert, extravert, otrovert? There\u2019s a new personality type in town<\/p>\n Psychiatrist Rami Kaminski says he has observed a previously unrecognized personality type \u2015 the \u201cotrovert\u201d. Here is what he thinks these people can teach ushttps:\/\/t.co\/9SGLTc3me3<\/a>https:\/\/t.co\/EeMyVsFFqV<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/cvKPrBL7wd<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 David Ullrich (@DavidUllrich202) August 13, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n He traces his own recognition of the trait to childhood<\/a>. Wearing a Scout uniform and repeating the pledge, he wrote, he \u201cfelt nothing.\u201d Other children were visibly moved, a small moment that, in hindsight, marked emotional detachment rather than indifference, he said.<\/p>\n Historical figures like Frida Kahlo and Franz Kafka may have been Otroverts<\/p>\n According to Kaminski\u2019s writings, there are some historical figures he believes exemplify this newly proposed personality. He claims Frida Kahlo, Franz Kafka, Albert Einstein,<\/a> and George Orwell may all have been exponents of this personality.<\/p>\n \u201cSome have seen it as a psychological problem to be treated,\u201d he wrote, and the cultural premium on belonging can make adolescence particularly fraught for those who do not easily affiliate with peer groups. The central claim is that the personality trait can be both a burden and a potential gift, reflecting a predisposition toward independent thinking and creative problem solving.<\/p>\n The Otrovert personality diverts from Jungian categories of introversion and extroversion by suggesting a different axis of social orientation. Kaminski has called for more research to identify the trait\u2019s developmental origins and underlying mechanisms. While the term is new and its reception among clinicians and researchers remains to be seen, Kaminski says recognizing the pattern could change how therapists and educators respond to people who do not fit neatly into existing personality<\/a> molds.<\/p>\n