Crossword clues for extrinsic
extrinsic
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Extrinsic \Ex*trin"sic\, a. [L. extrinsecus; exter on the outside + secus otherwise, beside; akin to E. second: cf. F. extrins[`e]que. See Exterior, Second.]
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Not contained in or belonging to a body; external; outward; unessential; -- opposed to intrinsic.
The extrinsic aids of education and of artificial culture.
--I. Taylor. (Anat.) Attached partly to an organ or limb and partly to some other part; -- said of certain groups of muscles. Opposed to intrinsic.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"not of the essence or inner nature of a thing," 1540s, from French extrinsèque, from Late Latin extrinsecus (adj.) "outer," from Latin extrinsecus (adv.) "outwardly, on the outside; from without, from abroad," from exter "outside" + in, suffix of locality, + secus "beside, alongside," originally "following," from PIE *sekw-os "following," from root *sekw- (1) "to follow" (see sequel).
Wiktionary
a. 1 external, separable from the thing itself, inessential 2 not belonging to, outside of
WordNet
adj. not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside; "extrinsic evidence"; "an extrinsic feature of the new building"; "that style is something extrinsic to the subject"; "looking for extrinsic aid" [ant: intrinsic]
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "extrinsic".
Baptism, which confers full remission of all sins, both as to guilt and as to punishment, and in Confirmation, wherein the fulness of the Holy Ghost is bestowed, and in Extreme Unction, which confers perfect spiritual health derived from the virtue of Christ as from an extrinsic principle.
It was a clear extrinsic allergic alveolitis but I thought myself rather clever to have traced it to its cause, and when he followed my advice and gave up so much intense composting, he quickly came round, and hailed me as a wonder-worker.
By directing the extrinsic and intrinsic levels of nonordinary reality, don Juan exploited the different hallucinogenic properties until they created in me, as the apprentice, the perception that non-ordinary reality was a perfectly defined area, a realm separate from ordinary, everyday life whose inherent properties were revealed as I went along.
However, if one believes he/she is doing something for an extrinsic reward, this may reduce the awareness of potential intrinsic satisfactions (Deci, 1975).
And since that extrinsic cause cannot be any poisonous infection, which would be accompanied by ill humours in the blood and stomach, they have sufficient reason to judge that it is due to witchcraft.
This combination of intrinsic and extrinsic pay offs pushes the addictive behavior out of control.
In many activities, intrinsically satisfying aspects combine with extrinsic pay offs, e.