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obtrusion |
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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 others → weil er sich/seine Ideen anderen aufdrängen will (= pushing out) → Hervorstrecken nt (= sticking out) → Herausragen nt How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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To do it in ANY way was an act of violence, for what did it consist of but the obtrusion of the idea of grossness and guilt on a small helpless creature who had been for me a revelation of the possibilities of beautiful intercourse? Life is ESSENTIALLY appropriation, injury, conquest of the strange and weak, suppression, severity, obtrusion of its own forms, incorporation and at least, putting it mildest, exploitation. This was the obtrusion on my mind of the mental process going forward in first one person, and then another, with whom I happened to be in contact: the vagrant, frivolous ideas and emotions of some uninteresting acquaintance--Mrs. |
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