Extrinsic

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Extrinsic

Postby Audiendus » Wed Dec 12, 2018 12:28 am

extrinsic (adjective)

Not part of the essential nature of something; originating or operating from outside it.

(A rarer word than its opposite, intrinsic.)

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Re: Extrinsic

Postby Slava » Tue Mar 16, 2021 8:50 pm

Here is intrinsic.
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