extrinsic
not essential or inherent; not a basic part or quality; extraneous: facts that are extrinsic to the matter under discussion.
being outside a thing; outward or external; operating or coming from without: extrinsic influences.
Anatomy. (of certain muscles, nerves, etc.) originating outside the anatomical limits of a part.
Origin of extrinsic
1- Also Archaic, ex·trin·si·cal .
Opposites for extrinsic
Other words from extrinsic
- ex·trin·si·cal·ly, adverb
- non·ex·trin·sic, adjective
- non·ex·trin·si·cal, adjective
- non·ex·trin·si·cal·ly, adverb
- un·ex·trin·sic, adjective
Words that may be confused with extrinsic
- extraneous, external, extrinsic
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How to use extrinsic in a sentence
For example, the particular moment for the recognition of new communities as states was fixed by wholly extrinsical circumstances.
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British Dictionary definitions for extrinsic
/ (ɛkˈstrɪnsɪk) /
not contained or included within; extraneous
originating or acting from outside; external
Origin of extrinsic
1Derived forms of extrinsic
- extrinsically, adverb
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