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extrinsical

extrinsical adjective: extrinsic.

Adjective

extrinsical (comparative more extrinsical, superlative most extrinsical)

  1. (rare) Extrinsic.
    • A body cannot move, unless it be moved by some extrinsical agent: we may easily frame a conceit, how absurd it is to think that a body, by a quality in it, can work upon itself.1644, Kenelm Digby, The Nature of Bodies
    • Neither is the atom by any extrinsical impulse diverted from its natural course.1691, John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation.

Noun

extrinsical (plural extrinsicals)

  1. (obsolete) Something that is extrinsic.

Forms of extrinsical

Adjective
comparativemore extrinsical
superlativemost extrinsical
Noun
pluralextrinsicals

Words formed from extrinsical

Questions about extrinsical

What does extrinsical mean?
Extrinsical means extrinsic.
What part of speech is extrinsical?
Extrinsical can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near extrinsical in the dictionary

  1. extrinsic proteins
  2. extrinsic reward
  3. extrinsic rewards
  4. extrinsic value
  5. extrinsic values
  6. extrinsical
  7. extrinsicalities
  8. extrinsicality
  9. extrinsically
  10. extrinsicalness
  11. extrinsicals

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