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extrinsic
adjective
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Coming from outside rather than belonging to a thing's essential nature.
The essay separates intrinsic interest from extrinsic rewards.
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The next two events suggested a correlation between the number of reminder messages and recorded attendance, but the schedule had changed too. A nearby community gathering was an extrinsic influence that might have brought more people past the library on one evening.
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