Meaning | not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside. |
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Examples | - "extrinsic evidence"
- "an extrinsic feature of the new building"
- "that style is something extrinsic to the subject"
- "looking for extrinsic aid"
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Narrower | adscititious | added or derived from something outside |
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adventitious | associated by chance and not an integral part |
alien, foreign | not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something |
external, extraneous, outside | Coming from the outside |
extraneous | not essential |
See also | inessential, unessential | not basic or fundamental |
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Opposite | intrinsic, intrinsical | belonging to a thing by its very nature |
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Spanish | extrínseco |
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Catalan | extrínsec |
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