Socionics Personals
Female
Straight
16-25
Oceania
Libra
ENFj
Male
Straight
16-25
Middle East
Sagittarius
INTj
Male
Straight
26-35
North America
Pisces
INXj
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Who is who?

S-Type TIM Fn Symbol TIM Extended Nickname Original Russian
ENFj EIE FeNi   Ethical-Intuitive Extratim The Actor Hamlet
ENFp IEE NeFi   Intuitive-Ethical Extratim The Reporter Huxley
ENTj LIE TeNi   Logical-Intuitive Extratim The Pioneer Jack London
ENTp ILE NeTi   Intuitive-Logical Extratim The Inventor Don Quixote
ESFj ESE FeSi   Ethical-Sensory Extratim The Enthusiast Hugo
ESFp SEE SeFi   Sensory-Ethical Extratim The Ambassador Napoleon, Caesar
ESTj LSE TeSi   Logical-Sensory Extratim The Director Stirlitz, Sherlock Holmes
ESTp SLE SeTi   Sensory-Logical Extratim The Conqueror Zhukov, Alexander the Great
INFj EII FiNe   Ethical-Intuitive Intratim The Empath Dostoyevsky, Dr. Watson
INFp IEI NiFe   Intuitive-Ethical Intratim The Romantic Esenin
INTj LII TiNe   Logical-Intuitive Intratim The Analyst Robespierre, Descartes
INTp ILI NiTe   Intuitive-Logical Intratim The Observer Balzac
ISFj ESI FiSe   Ethical-Sensory Intratim The Guardian Dreiser
ISFp SEI SiFe   Sensory-Ethical Intratim The Peacemaker Dumas
ISTj LSI TiSe   Logical-Sensory Intratim The Pragmatist Maxim Gorky
ISTp SLI SiTe   Sensory-Logical Intratim The Artisan Gabin (Gaben)


S-Type: Socionics Type. This is not an MBTI(r) equivalent, although it looks similar. All the capital letters practically mean the same as those in MBTI(r) acronym, apart from the small j/p, which has a different meaning than the capital J/P in MBTI.

TIM: Type of Information Metabolism. More precise definition of the word Type and the way it is used in Socionics. Three letter acronym is an abbreviation of the extended description of TIM (See TIM Extended).

Fn: Type representation by 2 main functions, Dominant and Auxiliary, also used by MBTI(r) practitioners. The capital letter refers to the function (F-Feeling, N-Intuition, etc.) whereas the small letter refers to whether this function is intro- or extroverted. For example Se is Extroverted Sensing, Ti is Introverted Thinking.

Symbol: There are 8 different symbols used in Socionics to represent 8 functions. The circle means Sensing, the square means Logic, the triangle means Intuition and the L-shape means Ethics. Introversion/Extroversion is defined via colour: Back or shaded symbol means Extroversion whereas white or unshaded means Introversion. For example is Introverted Ethics, is Extroverted Intuition. The symbols are ordered by 2 main functions, same as in functional representation (See Fn).

TIM Extended: The most desirable way of calling the Types in Socionics. The fist two words describe the first two main functions of the type that form the Ego block. For example Sensory-Logical means 1st function is Sensing and 2nd is Thinking (Logic) and Ethical-Intuitive means that 1st function is Feeling (Ethics) and 2nd is Intuition. The last word defines whether it is Extrovert or Introvert by introducing two specific terms: Extratim and Intratim. The -tim bit is most likely attributed to the TIM (See TIM). The reason for introducing two different words being that Extrovert and Introvert also have other definitions in English language, opening a possibility for misinterpretation.

Nickname: Some of the nicknames used to refer to Socionics Types.

Original Russian: These nicknames have been used by the Socionics enthusiasts in Russia for a long time. The Russian nicknames supposedly link the types to some famous people, however some of them have also been largely debated as incorrect.

Use this table to find a correspondence between different systems *

* The original MBTI abbreviation was not included in the table for a very specific reason - to avoid spreading JP/jp confusion further: If a person knows very little about Type, i.e. only the MBTI acronym (i.e. from tests), then it is most likely that they would use the acronym from 'S-Type' column, since it looks more familiar. This should work. If however a person already knows and concerned about MBTI Type dynamics, then they should and possibly would use the 'Fn' column to find corresponding S-Type. Hopefully this table would answer the MBTI/Socionics conversion questions for many.
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