extrinsic

English

Alternative forms

extrinsick (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛks.ˈtɹɪn.zɪk/, /ɪks.ˈtɹɪn.zɪk/
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Adjective

extrinsic (comparative more extrinsic, superlative most extrinsic)

external; separable from the thing itself; inessential
not belonging to something; outside

Synonyms

(separable from the thing itself): See also Thesaurus:extrinsic

Antonyms

intrinsic
inherent

Derived terms

extrinsical
extrinsicality
extrinsically
extrinsicalness
extrinsic reward
extrinsic value
nonextrinsic

Translations

external, separable from the thing itself, inessential

Asturian: estrínsecu m
Bulgarian: външен (bg) (vǎnšen), несвойствен (bg) (nesvojstven)
Catalan: extrínsec m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 外來／外来 (zh) (wàilái)
Portuguese: (literally) extrínseco (pt) m
Russian: вне́шний (ru) (vnéšnij)
Serbo-Croatian: ekstrìnsičan (sh)
Spanish: extrínseco (es)

not belonging to, outside

Bulgarian: чужд (bg) (čužd)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 非 (zh) (fēi)本質／本质 (zh) (běnzhí),非 (zh)固有 (zh) (gùyǒu),外在 (zh) (wàizài)
Indonesian: ekstrinsik (id)
Russian: посторо́нний (ru) (postorónnij)
Serbo-Croatian: ekstrìnsičan (sh), ìzvanjskī (sh)

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Italian: ^{(please verify)} estrinseco (it)

Noun

extrinsic (plural extrinsics)

An external factor