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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
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This, however, was a different order of obtrusion.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 2, 2011
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
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 heart can find the Lord with a look, with a cry, and needs no obtrusion of ritual or priest.
From My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year by John Henry Jowett
There is no obtrusion of the police or the military, as in Paris or Vienna.
From From Egypt to Japan by Henry M. (Henry Martyn) Field
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