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Definition of Obtrusion
1. n. The act of obtruding; a thrusting upon others by force or unsolicited; as, the obtrusion of crude opinions on the world.
Definition of Obtrusion
1. Noun. An interference or intrusion ¹
2. Noun. An encroachment beyond proper limits ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Obtrusion
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Obtrusion
Literary usage of Obtrusion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Draft Outlines of an International Code by David Dudley Field (1876)
"obtrusion of convicts, paupers, &c. 209. ... September 4, 1869,) to the Secretary
of State of the United States, in reference to the obtrusion of Convicts. ..."
2. Memoirs of Doctor Burney by Fanny Burney (1832)
"... and of ingenuity, served but, ere long, to fill up the annoying chasms by
which these nocturnal orgies were interrupted through the obtrusion of day. ..."
3. The Life of Andrew Melville: Containing Illustrations of the Ecclesiastical by Thomas M'Crie (1824)
"... —Not Approved by the General Assembly—Consequences of its obtrusion—Melville
sits in the General Assembly—Episcopacy Attacked—Speech of Melville on that ..."
4. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1836)
"But I found that a contraction on the front only produced an equal and corresponding
obtrusion in the rear ; and each added moment of care and consideration ..."
5. The land and the Book; or, Biblical illustrations drawn from the manners and by William McClure Thomson (1883)
"obtrusion of Trap-rock in the Huleh.—Upheaval South of the Dead Sea.— No Physical
Change since Abraham.—Bridge of Jacob's Daughters.—Khan and Fountain. ..."
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