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   extrinsic

   /ɛkˈstrɪnsɪk/

   adjective

   • 1. not part of the essential nature of someone or something; coming or operating from outside: "a complex interplay of extrinsic and intrinsic factors"
   • 2. (of a muscle, such as an eye muscle) having its origin some distance from the part which it moves.

   Word Origin mid 16th century (in the sense ‘outward’): from late Latin extrinsecus ‘outward’, from Latin extrinsecus ‘outwardly’, based on exter ‘outer’; the ending was altered under the influence of -ic.

   Derivatives

   • 1. extrinsically adverb

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