How to Use extrinsic in a Sentence

extrinsic

adjective

• You have to consider any extrinsic factors in the success of the business.
• All of these foods or drinks cause or contribute to extrinsic stains.
  — Kristi Kellogg, GQ, 15 Oct. 2017
• Even so, Saville told me that such benchmarks are extrinsic to her artistic process.
  — Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker, 24 July 2023
• In a child’s formative years, the intrinsic benefits of sport far outweigh the extrinsic rewards—the trophies and medals and records.
  — Isabel Fattal, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2018
• There are actually two kinds of tooth stains: surface stains on the outside of the tooth (extrinsic) and staining goes into the inside of the tooth (intrinsic).
  — Rachel Murphy, Verywell Health, 2 Aug. 2023
• But morality — whether intrinsic or extrinsic — doesn't hinge on the threat or promise of an afterlife or of being saved.
  — Kirsten Clodfelter, Good Housekeeping, 28 Apr. 2016
• There’s no basis for such cynicism, and extrinsic evidence to the contrary.
  — WSJ, 21 Aug. 2018
• Surface stains, also known as extrinsic stains, come from the usual suspects: coffee, red wine, tobacco, and dark colored foods.
  — Alexandra Tunell, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 Aug. 2017
• Surface stains, also known as extrinsic stains, come from the usual suspects: coffee, red wine, tobacco, and dark colored foods.
  — Alexandra Tunell, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 Aug. 2017
• The more clearly that target is defined, the better the agent performs — that is why many of them are currently tested on old video games, which often provide simple extrinsic reward schemes based on points.
  — Quanta Magazine, 19 Sep. 2017
• In some cases, researchers have even shown that what are known as intrinsic incentives—like the urge to do the right thing—can be weakened by extrinsic incentives such as monetary rewards.
  — Mengqi Sun, WSJ, 15 Mar. 2021
• Culture needs to go beyond extrinsic rewards to include a clear mission that employees feel connected to and inspired by.
  — Caroline Castrillon, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2021
• And that's that idea of intrinsic versus extrinsic properties.
  — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 14 Apr. 2020
• In college, many of those extrinsic factors and accountability measures go away.
  — Valerie Strauss, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2017
• Such alignment between the intrinsic and extrinsic purpose may not always be possible.
  — John Baldoni, Forbes, 12 Nov. 2021
• Eugene, Oregon, coach Peter Thompson, likes to break them into two broad categories: intrinsic and extrinsic.
  — Richard A. Lovett, Outside Online, 27 June 2020
• The top 10% of salespeople score highest on extrinsic motivation, followed more distantly by intrinsic drivers, while the bottom 10% score very low in those same drivers.
  — Joe Didonato, Forbes, 8 Nov. 2021
• This process is both intrinsic, when your own body causes new problems, and extrinsic, when environmental insults damage your tissues.
  — Ellen Quarles, Fortune Well, 7 July 2023
• Leaders must appreciate the intrinsic and extrinsic benefits to be motivated to develop a KPB and convert it into a habit.
  — Bill Howatt, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
• NFTs take this desire for an extrinsic reward to its logical conclusion: a financial incentive.
  — Will Bedingfield, Wired, 13 Jan. 2022
• The intrinsic and extrinsic aspects of people in social situations aren’t fixed and distinct but are continually shaping and transforming one another, so that there’s no fact of the matter about which causes what.
  — Jessica Riskin, The New York Review of Books, 21 Apr. 2022
• Don't forget that extrinsic motivation works a lot better when intrinsic motivation is in place.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2022
• These events are entirely extrinsic to the islanders and have, undoubtedly, devastating effects.
  — Fox News, 11 Feb. 2020
• Beginning to think maybe autoimmunity is not something intrinsic — something wrong with an individual’s body — but there’s an extrinsic force acting on it.
  — Isabella Cueto, STAT, 23 Oct. 2023
• Thus, many facets, both intrinsic and extrinsic to the recipient, define the three main reasons for suboptimal and variable influenza vaccine effectiveness.
  — William Warren, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2019
• This requires developing extrinsic survival behaviors — how to act in a kidnapping or a shipwreck is completely antithetical to the previously routine simple tasks of how to enter a building or shake hands with a friend.
  — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2020
• Womanhood is complex, nuanced, layered, and doesn’t require extrinsic validation from men—or other women.
  — Ashlee Marie Preston, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Mar. 2021
• But not all types of motivation are equivalent: intrinsic motivation is, in many contexts, more durable than extrinsic motivation.
  — Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 18 June 2022
• A willingness to learn for its own sake represents intrinsic motivation, while grades and other accolades represent extrinsic.
  — Ashley Lamb-Sinclair, The Atlantic, 16 June 2017
• Neither a facial review of these advertisements nor the FTC's extrinsic evidence established that these materials are likely to mislead a reasonable consumer.
  — Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 20 Aug. 2018

Last Updated: 20 Nov 2024