EXTRIN'SIC
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External; outward; not contained in or belonging to a body. Mere matter cannot move without the impulse of an extrinsic agent. It is opposed to intrinsic.
1. Not contained in or belonging to a body; external; outward; unessential; -- opposed to intrinsic.
2. Attached partly to an organ or limb and partly to some other part/ -- said of certain groups of muscles. Opposed to intrinsic.
Alt. of Extrinsicalness
From without; externally.
The state or quality of being extrinsic.
Extrinsicality Roget’s Thesaurus §6
N. extrinsicality, objectiveness, non ego, # extraneousness, accident, appearance, phenomenon
Adj. derived from without, objective, extrinsic, extrinsical, extraneous, modal, adventitious, ascititious, adscititious, incidental, accidental, nonessential, contingent, fortuitous, implanted, ingrafted, inculcated, infused, outward, apparent
Adv. extrinsically, 4, modal existence absolute
Exteriority Roget’s Thesaurus §220
N. exteriority, outside, exterior, # surface, superficies, skin, superstratum, disk, disc, face, facet, extrados, excentricity, eccentricity, circumjacence
V. be exterior, lie around, place exteriorly, place outwardly, place outside, put out, turn out
Adj. exterior, external, outer most, outward, outlying, outside, outdoor, round about, extramural, extralimitary, extramundane, superficial, skin-deep, frontal, discoid, extraregarding, excentric, eccentric, outstanding, extrinsic, ecdemic, exomorphic
Adv. externally, out, with out, over, outwards, ab extra, out of doors, extra muros, in the open air, sub jove, sub dio, a la belle etoile, al fresco
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