Extrinsic – Something, or someone operating on the outside

Not part of the nature of someone or something; coming from the outside.

To remember the definition of the word extrinsic, use the following mnemonic:

My ex tried to ring it (extrinsic) so I just threw my mobile phone outside.

Examples of extrinsic in a sentence

I've neither fortune, nor fame, nor extrinsic advantages of any kind.

The lecture focused on both the extrinsic and intrinsic factors that brought about the rise of Hitler in Germany prior to World War II.

Nowadays there are fewer extrinsic pressures to get married.