extrinsic (a)

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type a
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def 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
Outgoing links
Also see inessential, unessential
Antonym extrinsic → intrinsic
Similar to adventitious; adscititious; alien, foreign; external, extraneous, outside; extraneous
Incoming links
Also see inessential, unessential
Antonym intrinsic → extrinsic
Similar to adventitious; adscititious; alien, foreign; external, extraneous, outside; extraneous

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