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.

[Latin obtrūdere : ob-, against; see ob- + trūdere, to thrust; see treud- in Indo-European roots.]

ob·trud′er n.
ob·tru′sion (-tro͞o′zhən) n.
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obtrusion

noun
1. 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 f
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obtrusion

n
Aufdrängen nt; because of this obtrusion of himself/his ideas upon othersweil er sich/seine Ideen anderen aufdrängen will
(= pushing out)Hervorstrecken nt
(= sticking out)Herausragen nt
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