Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not belonging or proper to a thing; foreign; extraneous; specifically, in psychology, beyond the range of the hypnotic rapport.
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In the Hebrew Bible, which they misappropriated to themselves under the extrane - ous designation “Old Testament,” they professed to find sacred warrant for their contention that the earth is the floor of the cosmos.
Dictionary of the History of Ideas EDWARD ROSEN 1968
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The con - cept “Machiavellian” has become so vague and am - biguous that every human activity which tries to achieve its ends through exclusion of all extrane - ous — human or moral — considerations is called
MACHIAVELLISM FELIX GILBERT 1968
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Some gregarious animals, particularly birds, live together in the most perfect peace and amity; and here no leader is required, because in their long association together as a species in flocks, they have attained to a oneness of mind, so to speak, which causes them to move or rest, and to act at all times harmoniously together, as if controlled and guided by an extrane-ous force.
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In the current time where every How do I filter extrane - action is happening so fast you need tech - ous data and focus on nology solution which do not your waste relevant information? time and resource and help you grow.
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