[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

extrinsic \extrin"sic\, a. l. extrinsecus; exter on the
   outside + secus otherwise, beside; akin to e. second: cf. f.
   extrins`eque. see exterior, second.
   1. not contained in or belonging to a body; external;
      outward; unessential; -- opposed to intrinsic.
      1913 webster

            the extrinsic aids of education and of artificial
            culture.                              --i. taylor.
      1913 webster

   2. anat. attached partly to an organ or limb and partly to
      some other part; -- said of certain groups of muscles.
      opposed to intrinsic.
      1913 webster
see also:
exterior second intrinsic 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

extrinsic
     adj : 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" ant: intrinsic
see also:
intrinsic 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

74 moby thesaurus words for "extrinsic":
   acquired, adrift, alien, apparent, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous,
   beside the mark, beside the point, beside the question,
   conventionalized, cortical, epidermic, exomorphic, exotic,
   exterior, external, extraneous, extraorganismal, extraterrestrial,
   foreign, foreign-born, formal, formalist, formalistic, formulary,
   fringe, immaterial, impersonal, impertinent, inadmissible,
   inapplicable, inapposite, inappropriate, incidental, inconsequent,
   intrusive, irrelative, irrelevant, legalistic, nihil ad rem,
   nominal, nonessential, nonsubjective, not at issue, objective,
   off the subject, open, out, out-of-the-way, outer, outermost,
   outland, outlandish, outlying, outmost, outside, outstanding,
   outward, outward-facing, parenthetical, pedantic, peripheral,
   public, roundabout, seeming, strange, stylized, superficial,
   surface, ulterior, unearthly, unessential, unrelated

Extrinsic >> E Words
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Failure of Extrinsic Motivation
...... "extrinsic motivation." Extrinsic motivation has been used in some ... Students who are naturally curious when faced with an extrinsic reward ... ..
http://www.engines4ed.org/hyperbook/nodes/NODE-148-pg.html, score=100, date indexed=December 30, 2005, 10:01 pm

ON COURSE: Defining Extrinsic Motivation
...What exactly is extrinsic motivation??and why is it so prevalent in ... "Extrinsic motivation is motivation to engage in an activity as a ... ..
http://www.oncourseworkshop.com/Motivation003.htm, score=84, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 6:43 pm

Intrinsic/Extrinsic Motivation - Publications - Management Portal
...extrinsic motivation controversy is a sham because distinctive ... Thus there is no such thing as distinctive intrinsic and extrinsic, ... ..
http://www.themanager.org/HR/Motivation.htm, score=77, date indexed=January 20, 2006, 3:57 am

problems
...Extrinsic rewards do not produce permanent changes.*Extrinsic rewards ... Problems With Extrinsic Motivation. Extrinsic motivation is ... ..
http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jimbo/RIBARY_Folder/problems.htm, score=61, date indexed=December 21, 2005, 2:53 am

Dictionary.com/extrinsic
...extrinsic. extrinsic: in CancerWEB's On-line Medical Dictionary. ... "extrinsic evidence"; "an extrinsic feature of the new building"; " ... ..
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=extrinsic, score=56, date indexed=November 12, 2005, 8:49 pm

Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis (Extrinsic Allergic Alveolitis) - Pathology for ...
...7. Coleman, A, Colby, TV. Histologic diagnosis of extrinsic allergic ... Extrinsic Allergic Alveolitis) ... ..
http://www.medstudents.com.br/patoclin/artigos/hp/hp.htm, score=54, date indexed=November 4, 2005, 3:48 pm

Philosophical Dictionary: Erasmus-Extrinsic
...extrinsic Bearing some relation to something else. See intrinsic / ... extrinsic. Contents. ©1997-2002 Garth Kemerling.. Last modified 8 ... ..
http://www.philosophypages.com/dy/e9.htm, score=50, date indexed=January 19, 2006, 9:08 pm

ON COURSE: The Impact of Extrinsic Motivation
...... rewards on learning..   Group one received an extrinsic reward (money ... Is that good or bad? What impact do extrinsic rewards have on ... ..
http://www.oncourseworkshop.com/Motivation004.htm, score=49, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 7:15 pm

Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic Properties
...... properties is not the same as the intrinsic/extrinsic distinction. ... Francescotti takes a property to be extrinsic iff an object possesses ... ..
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/intrinsic-extrinsic/, score=48, date indexed=January 27, 2006, 1:47 pm

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