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EXTRINSIC

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• EXTRINSIC (adjective)
The adjective EXTRINSIC has 1 sense:

1. not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside

Familiarity information: EXTRINSIC used as an adjective is very rare.

• EXTRINSIC (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside

Context examples:

extrinsic evidence / an extrinsic feature of the new building / that style is something extrinsic to the subject / looking for extrinsic aid

Similar:

accidental; adventitious (associated by chance and not an integral part)

adscititious (added or derived from something outside; not inherent)

alien; foreign (not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something)

external; extraneous; outside (coming from the outside)

extraneous (not essential)

Also:

inessential; unessential (not basic or fundamental)

Antonym:

intrinsic (belonging to a thing by its very nature)

"Don't change horses in midstream."
(English proverb)
"Sorrow, nobody dies about it"
(Breton proverb)
"Beat the iron while it is hot."
(Arabic proverb)
"Lies have twisted limbs."
(Corsican proverb)

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Meaning of external
Pronunciation of extraneous
Meaning of outside
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