obtrusion
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ob·trude
(ŏb-tro͞od′, 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.
ob·trud′er n.
ob·tru′sion (-tro͞o′zhən) n.
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obtrusion
noun1. The act or an instance of interfering or intruding:
2. An advance beyond proper or legal limits:
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obtrusion
[əbˈtruːʒən] N (= imposition) [of opinions] → imposición f; (= interference, intrusion) → entrometimiento m, importunidad fCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
obtrusion
n
→ Aufdrängen nt; because of this obtrusion of himself/his ideas upon others → weil er sich/seine Ideen anderen aufdrängen will
(= pushing out) → Hervorstrecken nt
(= sticking out) → Herausragen nt
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