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/
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
Derived terms
Translations
external, separable from the thing itself, inessential
not belonging to, outside
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.
Translations to be checked
|
Further reading
- extrinsic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- extrinsic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
This article is issued from
Wiktionary.
The text is licensed under Creative
Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.