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Synonyms for obtrusion
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : uh b-troo-zhuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : əbˈtru ʒən |
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Définition of obtrusion
Origin :- 1570s, from Latin obtrusionem (nominative obtrusio), noun of action from past participle stem of obtrudere (see obtrude).
- noun trespass
- noun meddling
- Nothing is so odious as the obtrusion of technic in any work of art.
- Extract from : « Great Pianists on Piano Playing » by James Francis Cooke
- For it was this obtrusion of a personality that vaguely troubled him.
- Extract from : « Cressy » by Bret Harte
- There is no obtrusion of the police or the military, as in Paris or Vienna.
- Extract from : « From Egypt to Japan » by Henry M. Field
- But the merits of a class are not best seen by the obtrusion of its more eminent members, but by the average.
- Extract from : « Hugh Miller » by William Keith Leask
- The young man was plainly astonished, disconcerted as well by the obtrusion of a sordid detail into the tragedy of the time.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- All throughout He has been speaking with authority, but has, as usual, avoided the obtrusion of His personal prerogative.
- Extract from : « Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of Matthew » by John Monro Gibson
- The obtrusion of the French language during the reign of Napoleon had no effect.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 » by Various
- You may take ham to appease hunger, or you may take it to prevent the obtrusion of that vulgar sensation.
- Extract from : « For Fortune and Glory » by Lewis Hough
- Mr. Herrington objected to the obtrusion of such trifling matter upon the House, which had business to do.
- Extract from : « History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III) » by Various
- I have no right to mar the great end of a great history, by any obtrusion of my own weak self.
- Extract from : « Dombey and Son » by Charles Dickens
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