extrinsic (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *extrinsic*:
ADJECTIVE	all	extrinsic	not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside

extrinsic > pronunciation
Sounds	ehkstrih'nsihk
Rhymes	academic ... Zurich: 733 rhymes with ihk...

English > *extrinsic*: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning	not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside.
Examples	"extrinsic evidence" "an extrinsic feature of the new building" "that style is something extrinsic to the subject" "looking for extrinsic aid"
Narrower	adscititious	added or derived from something outside
	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
Opposite	intrinsic, intrinsical	belonging to a thing by its very nature
Spanish	extrínseco
Catalan	extrínsec

HyperDic: extrinsic