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extrinsic

Syllabification: (ex·trin·sic)
Pronunciation: /ikˈstrinzik, -sik/
Definition of extrinsic

adjective

  • not part of the essential nature of someone or something; coming or operating from outside:extrinsic factors that might affect time budgets the idea that power is extrinsic to production and profits
  • (of a muscle, such as any of the eye muscles) having its origin some distance from the part that it moves.

Derivatives

extrinsically

Pronunciation: /-(ə)lē/
adverb

Origin:

mid 16th century (in the sense 'outward'): from late Latin extrinsecus 'outward', from Latin extrinsecus 'outwardly', based on exter 'outer'; the ending was altered under the influence of -ic

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