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
Everything you’ve heard about fixed versus growth mindset, intrinsic versus extrinsic motivation, and positive versus negative reinforcement points in this direction.
In retrospect, I’ve come to realize that two themes of Le Douarin’s work — intrinsic versus extrinsic influence and the single cell approach — are at the core of how I work.
Catherine Dulac Finds Brain Circuitry Behind Sex-Specific Behaviors | Claudia Dreifus | December 14, 2020 | Quanta MagazineAnd "mediumistic" facts, extrinsically at least, are certainly better known.
Lola | Henny KindermannThere would be many things there intrinsically as well as extrinsically valuable.
The Healthy Life, Vol. V, Nos. 24-28 | VariousIntrinsically and extrinsically it may be considered inaccessible to these generations.
The community that establishes a city increases the utility of the land therein and thereabout extrinsically.
Distributive Justice | John A. (John Augustine) RyanThus as the perfect monad, he is intrinsically and extrinsically the whole, sustaining all things.
Giordano Bruno | James Lewis McIntyre
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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