Adjective : facts that are extrinsic to the matter under discussion. ,extrinsic influences. From Dictionary.com.
And "mediumistic" facts, extrinsically at least, are certainly better known. From Wordnik.com. [Lola or, The Thought and Speech of Animals] Reference
And, from the perspective of extrinsically motivated teachers I was an anomoly. From Wordnik.com. [Teacher in wonderland] Reference
Then we may well want to say that the results are themselves (extrinsically) good. From Wordnik.com. [Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic Value] Reference
Intrinsically and extrinsically it may be considered inaccessible to these generations. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847] Reference
So the nature of an affected body makes a difference to the way it is affected extrinsically. From Wordnik.com. [Spinoza's Physical Theory] Reference
Thus, what places like Azeroth do is to extrinsically reward folks to participate by grinding. From Wordnik.com. [Statistical Heroism] Reference
Recall the distinction introduced above between intrinsically and extrinsically gendered notions. From Wordnik.com. [Feminist History of Philosophy] Reference
On (a1), T is related in some intrinsic way to O, while on (a2) T is related only extrinsically to O. From Wordnik.com. [Descartes' Theory of Ideas] Reference
The idea of it attracts us, and it is well that it should; it is intrinsically and extrinsically good. From Wordnik.com. [Problems of Conduct] Reference
My own sense and experience is that girls are more intrinsically motivated and boys more extrinsically. From Wordnik.com. [The trouble with boys] Reference
They're not possessed intrinsically (only extrinsically or derivatively) by, say, a thermostat or a computer program. From Wordnik.com. [Bits and Pieces of an RNA World] Reference
In the Networked World, American policy is extrinsically linked to the political and economic fates of other countries and their people. From Wordnik.com. [Mike Bonifer: Campaigning in the Networked World] Reference
He claims to be arguing that what the quantitative hedonist finds extrinsically more valuable is also intrinsically more valuable (II 4, 7). From Wordnik.com. [Mill's Moral and Political Philosophy] Reference
As educators, our biggest problem is not a low-skilled student but rather a student who is neither intrinsically nor extrinsically motivated. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-08-01] Reference
And I also share your aversion to attempts to pressure universities from outside, particularly where the pressure is extrinsically political. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-08-01] Reference
Perhaps; extrinsically, clear enough, it is a great, most extensive. From Wordnik.com. [Past and Present Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works, Vol. XIII.] Reference
It is generally granted our books are the best, intrinsically and extrinsically. From Wordnik.com. [Beams of Light on Early Methodism in America. Chiefly Drawn from the Diary, Letters, Manuscripts, Documents, and Original Tracts of the Rev. Ezekiel Cooper.] Reference
According as we do so, we speak of an object as intrinsically or extrinsically good. From Wordnik.com. [The Nature of Goodness] Reference
The respective merit and demerit are extrinsically applied and related to their subjects. From Wordnik.com. [Energetic Procession] Reference
Pro reviewers may be extrinsically motivated to rate any other reviews as low, and so should be excluded. From Wordnik.com. [Gumption] Reference
Even the most spiritual operations of the soul are therefore extrinsically dependent on the bodily organism. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability] Reference
Timed text is textual information that is intrinsically or extrinsically associated with timing information. From Wordnik.com. [Planet XML] Reference
The study describes a complicated pathway by which extrinsically-induced DNA damage leads to cellular senescence. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific Blogging] Reference
It seems that some people are under the mistaken impression that embryonic development is extrinsically directed. From Wordnik.com. [U.S. News] Reference
"For these extrinsically religious people, there is some real existential struggle going on at the end of life," she said. From Wordnik.com. [University of Florida News] Reference
Intrinsically the deposits are alike; but extrinsically they are far different, and their values are correspondingly unlike. From Wordnik.com. [The Economic Aspect of Geology] Reference
Now the question is, how do I change myself from being an extrinsically motivated person, to an intrinsically motivated one?. From Wordnik.com. [The Legal Janitor] Reference
After 3 wk, the entire diet was extrinsically labeled with 47Ca, and isotope retention was monitored by whole-body scintillation counting. From Wordnik.com. [American Journal of Clinical Nutrition current issue] Reference
Fiction’s truth may only be secured extrinsically. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-01-01] Reference
We’re not extrinsically motivated by money, status or power. From Wordnik.com. [Do you Live to Work? Ecopreneurs Use their Green Business to Make a Life.] Reference
Wordsworth was "a genuine man, but intrinsically and extrinsically. From Wordnik.com. [Escape, and Other Essays] Reference
And most lives aren’t extrinsically meaningful, unless you’re delusionally self-absorbed or authentically Born Again. From Wordnik.com. [Eating the Dinosaur] Reference
P is false of him, he does change extrinsically. From Wordnik.com. [Immutability] Reference
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