Extrinsic Definition

ĭk-strĭnsĭk, -zĭk
adjective
Not really belonging to the thing with which it is connected; not inherent.
Webster's New World
Being, coming, or acting from the outside; extraneous.
Webster's New World
Originating from the outside; external.
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Origin of Extrinsic

  • From French extrinsèque, from Latin extrinsecus (“from without, without, on the outside”), from *extrim, an assumed adverbial form of exter (“outer, outward”) + seccus (“by, on the side”)

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin extrīnsecus from outside exter outside exterior -im adv. suff. secus alongside sekw-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Extrinsic Sentence Examples

  • Extrinsic aging is caused by external factors such as sun exposure and smoking.

  • The motivation for learning is extrinsic, provided by the reinforcement schedule, not intrinsic, deriving from the pupil.

  • Some believe that the reformation doctrine of extrinsic justification has been compromised within Reformed circles by the downplaying of the objectivity of the sacraments.

  • Typically either intrinsic, extrinsic or both parameters are altered.

  • Accordingly, in 1655, he printed everything that had passed between them (under the title of A Defence of the True Liberty of Human Actions from Antecedent or Extrinsic Necessity), with loud complaint against the treatment he had received, and the promise added that, in default of others, he himself would stand forward to expose the deadly principles of Leviathan.

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