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extrinsic

Pronunciation: /ɪkˈstrɪnsɪk, ɛk-/

Definition of extrinsic

adjective

1not part of the essential nature of someone or something; coming or operating from outside:a complex interplay of extrinsic and intrinsic factors reasons extrinsic to the music itself

2(of a muscle, such as an eye muscle) having its origin some distance from the part which it moves.

Derivatives

extrinsically

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