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Etymology
Origin of obtrusion
1570–80; < Late Latin obtrūsiōn- (stem of obtrūsiō ), equivalent to Latin obtrūs ( us ) ( obtrūd ( ere ) to obtrude + tus past participle suffix, with dt > s ) + -iōn- -ion
Example Sentences
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This, however, was a different order of obtrusion.
From The Guardian • Apr. 2, 2011
Equally important is inappropriateness: "the linking of disparates, the collision of different mental spheres, the obtrusion into one context of what belongs in another."
From Time Magazine Archive
The obtrusion of these two dead women upon Poe's subliminal nature is seen in the self-frustration of incipient amours before his marriage with a "consumptive angel" of 13, Virginia Clemm.
From Time Magazine Archive
The ponderous mass of material, and the power of the pen, do not compensate for the weary obtrusion of the author's doctrine and design.
From Lectures on the French Revolution by Figgis, John Neville
His heart gave a little leap at this new and happy thought, and if the remembrance of Amelia came back just at that instant, its obtrusion only made his eyes burn the brighter.
From Her Infinite Variety by Whitlock, Brand
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