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say it: ek-STRIN-sik
extrinsic is an adjective meaning "not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside". It carries one recorded sense.
not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside
“extrinsic evidence”
“an extrinsic feature of the new building”
“that style is something extrinsic to the subject”
“looking for extrinsic aid”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for extrinsic come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.