extrinsic

  • (a) 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

Antonyms

intrinsic intrinsical

See also

inessential unessential

Words of close approximity

extrinsic fraud