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extrinsic Definition


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extrinsic
adj
    1. External.
      Thesaurus: outside, external, exterior, foreign; inessential, superficial, extraneous; Antonym: intrinsic, inherent.
    2. Operating from outside.
Derivative: extrinsically
adverb
    Etymology: 16c: from Latin extrinsecus outwardly.



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