extrinsic

adjectives

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"

extrinsic

antonym

intrinsic

is similar to

associated by chance and not an integral part

"poetry is something to which words are the accidental, not by any means the essential form"- Frederick W. Robertson; "they had to decide whether his misconduct was adventitious or the result of a flaw in his character"

adventitious

is similar to

added or derived from something outside; not inherent

"an adscititious habit rather than an inherent taste"

adscititious

is similar to

not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something

"an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism"; "the mysticism so foreign to the French mind and temper"; "jealousy is foreign to her nature"

alien, foreign

is similar to

coming from the outside

"extraneous light in the camera spoiled the photograph"; "relying upon an extraneous income"; "disdaining outside pressure groups"

external, extraneous, outside

is similar to

not essential

"the ballet struck me as extraneous and somewhat out of keeping with the rest of the play"

extraneous