extrinsic

Example Sentences

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"In recognizing these species, we recognize how quickly they are becoming lost as extrinsic barriers are breached by human activities."

From Science Daily • Mar. 23, 2026

I couldn’t relate to whatever it was that pulled people back into the gloomy casinos over and over again, or what compelled them to place bets on games of little extrinsic consequence.

From Slate • Feb. 24, 2024

They may simply be motivated to make you stop pestering them — in other words, their motivation is extrinsic, which tends not to last.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 15, 2024

An extrinsic orientation means doing things in the hope or expectation of other rewards, such as status, money and recognition.

From Salon • Sep. 16, 2023

Now all extrinsic denominations of a substance do seem on analysis ultimately to resolve themselves partly into relations of the latter to other substances, and partly into modal or absolute accidents of other substances.

From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter