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obtrusion|əbˈtruːʒən|
[f. L. obtrūsiōn-em, n. of action f. obtrūdĕre to obtrude.]
The action of obtruding.
1. The forcible pushing or thrusting (of anything) into any space or place, or against anything else.
1847Lewes Hist. Philos. (1867) II. 362 Stimulated into motion by the obtrusions of surrounding bodies. 1875Kinglake Crimea V. i. (1877) 225 Liprandi's obtrusion of troops in the direction of the..Heights.
2. The importunate obtruding or thrusting of some one or something (upon one, or upon one's attention); also concr. something thus thrust upon one.
1641‘Smectymnuus’ Answ. vii. (1653) 34 The Obtrusion of a Bishop upon the Church of Alexandria without the..vote of the Clergie or People is Condemned by Athanasius. 1649Milton Eikon. xi. Wks. (1851) 417 Those violent and merciless obtrusions which for almost twenty yeares he had bin forcing upon tender consciences by all sorts of Persecution. 1751Johnson Rambler No. 103 ⁋7 Disturbed by the obtrusion of new ideas. 1865Cornh. Mag. XI. 491 The obtrusion of these topics upon persons not conversant with professional technicalities.
b. The forcing of oneself or one's company upon any one.
1579Fenton Guicciard. xvi. (1599) 763 He was at last made Pope..notwithstanding the many obtrusions and emulations of the most auncient Cardinals. 1834G. Bennett Wand. N.S.W. II. viii, On the approach of danger, or on the obtrusion of strangers. 1858Hogg Life Shelley II. 343 There was no end of obtrusion: the word intrusion is not strong enough. |