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obtrusion

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ob⋅tru⋅sion

  [uhb-troo-zhuhn]
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–noun
1. the act of obtruding.
2. something obtruded.
Origin:
1570–80; < LL obtrūsiōn- (s. of obtrūsiō), equiv. to L obtrūs(us) (obtrūd(ere) to obtrude + tus ptp. suffix, with dt > s) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms:
ob⋅tru⋅sion⋅ist, noun
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ob·trude   (ŏb-trōōd', əb-)   
v.   ob·trud·ed, ob·trud·ing, ob·trudes

v.   tr.

  1. To impose (oneself or one's ideas) on others with undue insistence or without invitation.

  2. To thrust out; push forward.

v.   intr.
To impose oneself on others.

[Latin obtrūdere : ob-, against; see ob- + trūdere, to thrust; see treud- in Indo-European roots.]
ob·trud'er n., ob·tru'sion (-trōō'zhən) n.
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