How to use "extrinsic" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "extrinsic" in popular movie and book plots

  • After wandering one full circle, it dawned on him that the greatest meaning in work lies on the altruistic ability to help others and develop oneself, and extrinsic returns are immaterial.  - You Can Be An Angel Too

Example sentences for "extrinsic" in interesting articles

  • I spent the last couple of years looking at the science of human motivation, particularly the dynamics of extrinsic motivators and intrinsic motivators.  - Why Should We Support the Idea of an Unconditional Basic Income?
  • It's less about changing what you do, and more about changing how you do it. One of the problems with having a goal-oriented, extrinsic mindset is that it treats the time between now and task completion as an annoying obstacle to be endured.  - My Startup School Europe talk: The Technology
  • This is very different than most jobs, college courses, and PhD research projects, and we encourage Hacker Schoolers to take full advantage of this environment by attempting things that they aren’t sure they’ll be able to do. Job-hunting / extrinsic motivation A final thing that Hacker Schoolers struggle with is job-hunting.  - Four failure modes of Hacker Schoolers
  • That can be caused either by intrinsic factors that are part of the innate way the body operates, such as the risk of mutations occurring every time a cell divides, or extrinsic factors such as smoking, UV radiation and many others that have not been identified.  - Cancer is not just 'bad luck' but down to environment, study suggests
  • And even more, it did this without resorting to grades, rewards, or other extrinsic motivators that schools often use to coerce student engagement.In light of this, I've now begun to see Texas Instruments graphing calculators as unique among educational technologies in that they enable learning that is couched in discovery more than formal teaching.  - Go Ahead, Mess With Texas Instruments
  • While carefully avoiding provocative action and coolly calibrating each Soviet countermeasure, Kennedy and his lieutenants brooked no compromise; they held firm, despite Moscow’s efforts to link a resolution to extrinsic issues and despite predictable Soviet blustering about American aggression and violation of international law.  - The Real Cuban Missile Crisis (2013)
  • They don't get distracted by all those extrinsic yardsticks.  - Why So Many Smart People Aren’t Happy
  • It's less about changing what you do, and more about changing how you do it. One of the problems with having a goal-oriented, extrinsic mindset is that it treats the time between now and task completion as an annoying obstacle to be endured.  - My Startup School Europe talk: The Technology

Meaning of "extrinsic" in English

  • not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside
    Examples
    - an extrinsic feature of the new building
    - that style is something extrinsic to the subject
    - looking for extrinsic aid

Meaning of "extrinsic" in Hindi

  • बाह्य ( Bahy)
  • बाहरी ( Bahari, baharee)
  • बाह्य
  • अनावश्यक ( Anavashyak, anaavashyak, anawashyak)
  • गौण ( Gaun)
  • अप्रधान ( Apradhan)
  • असम्बद्ध ( Asambaddh)
  • वाह्म ( Vahm, wahm)
  • बाह्ड़ ( Bahd)

Antonyms of "extrinsic"

  • intrinsic
  • intrinsical

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