Extrinsic Synonyms and Antonyms

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Synonyms for Extrinsic

external
Suitable for application to the outside:
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extraneous
The definition of extraneous is irrelevant, not essential or coming from the outside.
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outward
Relating to the physical self:
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alien
Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign.
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adventitious
Arising from an external cause or factor; not inherent:
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outside
Leading to the outside
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unessential
Void of essence, or real being.
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Antonyms for Extrinsic

interior
Of the inner nature of a person or thing; private, secret, etc.
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intrinsic
Innate, inherent, inseparable from the thing itself, essential.
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integral
Essential or necessary for completeness; constituent:
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essential
Being in the basic form; showing its essence.
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necessary
Logically inevitable:
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Words Related to Extrinsic

foreign
Conducted or involved with other nations or governments; not domestic:
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native
Of, belonging to, or characteristic of such inhabitants:
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Extrinsic Sentence Examples

  • Extrinsic aging is caused by external factors such as sun exposure and smoking.

  • The motivation for learning is extrinsic, provided by the reinforcement schedule, not intrinsic, deriving from the pupil.

  • Typically either intrinsic, extrinsic or both parameters are altered.

  • Accordingly, in 1655, he printed everything that had passed between them (under the title of A Defence of the True Liberty of Human Actions from Antecedent or Extrinsic Necessity), with loud complaint against the treatment he had received, and the promise added that, in default of others, he himself would stand forward to expose the deadly principles of Leviathan.

  • Some believe that the reformation doctrine of extrinsic justification has been compromised within Reformed circles by the downplaying of the objectivity of the sacraments.

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