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extrinsic

/ɪk'strɪnsɪk/

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adjective
not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside
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"extrinsic evidence" "an extrinsic feature of the new building" "that style is something extrinsic to the subject" "looking for extrinsic aid"

Similar:

alien external extraneous adscititious foreign outside adventitious

Opposite:

intrinsic

Examples of extrinsic

"extrinsic evidence"
"an extrinsic feature of the new building"
"that style is something extrinsic to the subject"
"looking for extrinsic aid"