extrinsic

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: ex=trin=sic

CIDE DICTIONARY

extrinsic, a. [L. extrinsecus; exter on the outside + secus otherwise, beside; akin to E. second: cf. F. extrinsèque. See Exterior, Second.].

•  Not contained in or belonging to a body; external; outward; unessential; -- opposed to intrinsic.  [1913 Webster]

  "The extrinsic aids of education and of artificial culture."  [1913 Webster]
•  Attached partly to an organ or limb and partly to some other part; -- said of certain groups of muscles. Opposed to intrinsic.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

extrinsic, adj.
1 not inherent or intrinsic; not essential (opp. INTRINSIC).
2 (often foll. by to) extraneous; lying outside; not belonging (to).
3 originating or operating from without.

Derivative

extrinsically adv.

Etymology

LL extrinsicus outward f. L extrinsecus (adv.) f. exter outside + secus beside

THESAURUS

extrinsic

acquired, adrift, alien, apparent, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, beside the mark, beside the point, beside the question, conventionalized, cortical, epidermic, exomorphic, exotic, exterior, external, extraneous, extraorganismal, extraterrestrial, foreign, foreign-born, formal, formalist, formalistic, formulary, fringe, immaterial, impersonal, impertinent, inadmissible, inapplicable, inapposite, inappropriate, incidental, inconsequent, intrusive, irrelative, irrelevant, legalistic, nihil ad rem, nominal, nonessential, nonsubjective, not at issue, objective, off the subject, open, out, out-of-the-way, outer, outermost, outland, outlandish, outlying, outmost, outside, outstanding, outward, outward-facing, parenthetical, pedantic, peripheral, public, roundabout, seeming, strange, stylized, superficial, surface, ulterior, unearthly, unessential, unrelated

ROGET THESAURUS

extrinsic

Extrinsicality

N extrinsicality, objectiveness, non ego, extraneousness, accident, appearance, phenomenon, derived from without, objective, extrinsic, extrinsical, extraneous, modal, adventitious, ascititious, adscititious, incidental, accidental, nonessential, contingent, fortuitous, implanted, ingrafted, inculcated, infused, outward, apparent, extrinsically.

Exteriority

N exteriority, outside, exterior, surface, superficies, skin, superstratum, disk, disc, face, facet, extrados, excentricity, eccentricity, circumjacence, exterior, external, outer most, outward, outlying, outside, outdoor, round about, extramural, extralimitary, extramundane, superficial, skin-deep, frontal, discoid, extraregarding, excentric, eccentric, outstanding, extrinsic, ecdemic, exomorphic, externally, out, with out, over, outwards, ab extra, out of doors, extra muros, in the open air, sub Jove, sub dio, a la belle etoile, al fresco.