External and Resident

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External adjective - Not being a vital part of or belonging to something.

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Resident is an antonym for external.

Resident adjective - Living in a particular place.

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External is an antonym for resident.

While the Resident Evil franchise was more well-known for the external conflict against Umbrella Corp's T-Virus zombies, that doesn't mean it had no character-driven internal conflicts of its own, either.

Source: Sliding Scale of Plot Versus Characters

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