Thesaurus / extrinsic
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Those who rely more or less on claims extrinsic, are sure to be surpassed by those whose power is from within.BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXVIII. FEBRUARY, 1843. VOL. LIII.VARIOUS
Nay the highest ensign that men ever met and embraced under, the Cross itself, had no meaning save an accidental extrinsic one.SARTOR RESARTUSTHOMAS CARLYLE
By means of the extrinsic muscles the larynx is connected with the bones of the chest, neck, and head.THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SINGINGDAVID C. TAYLOR
In New York, the courts adhere to the English rule, and admit no extrinsic evidence, except to explain a latent ambiguity.THE CURIOSITIES AND LAW OF WILLSJOHN PROFFATT
Milton has an allusion to an eclipse of the Sun which possesses a two-fold interest—intrinsic and extrinsic.THE STORY OF ECLIPSESGEORGE CHAMBERS
Both make the same fundamental error of regarding instrumentation as something extrinsic from the music for which it exists.AN AUTOBIOGRAPHYIGOR STRAVINSKY
The poem has no genuinely dramatic course; there was not the smallest intrinsic or extrinsic reason to dramatize it more fully.THE STANDARD ORATORIOSGEORGE P. UPTON
If it were not for extrinsic aids, one-half, at least, of its members must necessarily starve.HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE, VOLUME 1, NO. 2, JULY, 1850.VARIOUS
The teacher's extrinsic preparation is a matter of thorough acquaintance with the material.MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY MATERIALSMARIA MONTESSORI
Nevertheless, the attractions, intrinsic and extrinsic, of the division are neither few nor small.THE FLOURISHING OF ROMANCE AND THE RISE OF ALLEGORYGEORGE SAINTSBURY
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WORDS RELATED TO EXTRINSIC
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- beside the point
- casual
- causeless
- chance
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- excess
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- optional
- prodigal
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- random
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- beside the point
- casual
- causeless
- chance
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- excess
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- extraneous
- extrinsic
- fortuitous
- futile
- gratuitous
- haphazard
- inessential
- irrelevant
- lavish
- needless
- noncompulsory
- nonessential
- optional
- prodigal
- profuse
- random
- redundant
- supererogatory
- superfluous
- surplus
- uncalled-for
- uncritical
- undesirable
- unessential
- unneeded
- unrequired
- useless
- wanton
- worthless
- accidental
- additional
- avoidable
- beside the point
- casual
- causeless
- chance
- dispensable
- excess
- exorbitant
- expendable
- extraneous
- extrinsic
- fortuitous
- futile
- gratuitous
- haphazard
- inessential
- irrelevant
- lavish
- needless
- noncompulsory
- nonessential
- optional
- prodigal
- profuse
- random
- redundant
- supererogatory
- superfluous
- surplus
- uncalled-for
- uncritical
- undesirable
- unessential
- unrequired
- useless
- wanton
- worthless
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