Extrinsical
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Extrinsical is an adjective meaning (rare) Extrinsic.
Meaning
(rare) Extrinsic.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) Something that is extrinsic.
Example Sentences
Neither is the atom by any extrinsical impulse diverted from its natural course.
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.
Outward objects, that are extrinsical to the mind; and its own operations, proceeding from powers intrinsical, and proper to itself, which, when reflected on by itself, become also objects of its contemplation, are the original of all knowledge.
Word Forms
- extrinsicals
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include extrinsicate, extern, exoteric, extrastructural, extraductal, external.
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