extrinsic
adjective
[ ɪkˈstrɪnsɪk ]
• not part of the essential nature of someone or something; coming or operating from outside.
• "a complex interplay of extrinsic and intrinsic factors"
Similar:
external,
extraneous,
exterior,
outside,
outward,
alien,
foreign,
adventitious,
superficial,
surface,
• (of a muscle, such as an eye muscle) having its origin some distance from the part which it moves.
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.
