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obtrusion

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ob·trude  (b-trd, b-)
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 obtrdere : ob-, against; see ob- + trdere, to thrust; see treud- in Indo-European roots.]

ob·truder n.
ob·trusion (-trzhn) n.
Translations
obtrusion [əbˈtruːʒən] N (= imposition) [of opinions] → imposición f; (= interference, intrusion) → entrometimiento m, importunidad f
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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