extrinsic

Meaning

Adj

1. External; separable from the thing itself; inessential.
2. Not belonging to something; outside.

Noun

An external factor.

Synonyms

extraneous

external

inessential

outside

irrelevant

outward

extrinsical

dispensable

exterior

unessential

neutral

nonessential

odd man out

optional

outer

outlying

out of place

outsider

peripheral

strange

superfluous

tramontane

unimportant

uninvolved

unneeded

allochthonous

unrequired

detached

exogenous

exoteric

exotic

expendable

foreign

foreigner

immaterial

needless

Translations

estrinseco

extrinsèque

extrinsisch

extrínseco

extrínseco

harici

äußerlich

uiterlijk

derveyî

geçici

esterno

fremd

estraneo

inessencial

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɛks.ˈtɹɪn.zɪk/

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”).