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Added 9 October 2026

extrinsic

/ɛksˈtɹɪn.zɪk/ adjective

Latin root: extrinsecus Wiktionary

adjective Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about extrinsic at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

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

noun

An external factor.

Origin

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”).

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