单词 | obtrusion |
释义 | obtrusionn. 1. The action or fact of forcing oneself (or one's presence, opinions, etc.) on another person; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [noun] > forcing oneself on a person obtrusion1579 intrusion1597 obtrusiveness1814 intrusiveness1847 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin xvi. 947 He was at laste made Pope..notwithstanding the many obtrusions and emulations [It. infinite contradittioni, Fr. infinies contradictions] of the moste auncient Cardinalls. 1779 S. Johnson Milton in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets II. 196 Verbal inaccuracies; which Bentley..imputed to obtrusions of a reviser. 1834 G. Bennett Wanderings New S. Wales II. viii. 145 On the approach of danger, or on the obtrusion of strangers. 1858 T. J. Hogg Life Shelley II. 343 There was no end of obtrusion: the word intrusion is not strong enough. 1900 Philos. Rev. 9 372 It is the dignified man's hat that now first fixes our attention, and it is the obtrusion of the child beneath, when we expect the proper wearer, which is the comical feature. 1932 Man 32 98/1 The frequent obtrusion of the narrator detracts from the objectivity and clarity of the picture. 1998 J. Haiman Talk is Cheap iii. 32 Jonsson..has found pitch obtrusion to be frequent in German. The expression Armes Ding! ‘(You) poor thing!’ for example, typically is uttered sincerely with a Low-High pitch contour, but sarcastically with High-Low. 2. The imposition of one thing or (occasionally) person upon another; the intrusion of something unwelcome into a situation; an instance of this, an imposition. Also: a thing thus imposed; an unwelcome intrusion. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > [noun] > intrusion obtrusion1606 interloping1615 intrusion1639 obtruding1641 insinuating1644 infiltration1840 the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > [noun] > intrusion > that which is introduced forcefully obtrusion1606 foista1734 1606 H. Wotton Let. in Archaeologia (1866) 40 260 The first hereof they urge somewhat tenderly in there discourses as conteyning a sylent obtrusion of ingratitude. 1641 S. Marshall et al. Answer Hvmble Remonstr. (1653) vii. 34 The Obtrusion of a Bishop upon the Church of Alexandria without the..vote of the Clergie or People is Condemned by Athanasius. 1653 T. Gataker Vindic. Annot. Jer. 10.2 19 An obtrusion upon their Nation of a Semipopish Book of Common-Prayer. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 103. ⁋7 Disturbed by the obtrusion of new ideas. 1795 A. B. Cristall Poet. Sketches 55 Th'obtrusion [sc. a summons] gave them pain. 1830 T. De Quincey Life R. Bentley in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 672/1 We confess that..we ourselves are offended by the obtrusion of the new lections into the text. 1865 Cornhill Mag. Apr. 491 The obtrusion of these topics upon persons not conversant with professional technicalities. 1878 E. Dowden Stud. Lit. 413 The effort of criticism in our time has been..to see things as they are, without partiality, without obtrusion of personal liking or disliking. 1906 Econ. Jrnl. 16 403 A preliminary discussion of the theory of concentration, resulting in a certain amount of repetition and overlapping and the obtrusion of reservations and side issues. 1951 Jrnl. Southern Hist. 17 92 To such an estate have we been reduced by the obtrusion of two world wars. 1983 I. Light Cities in World Perspective x. 254 The obtrusion of rent control laws into the competitive market is a massive anomaly in ecological theory. 3. The physical extension of something into something else; the forcible thrusting of one body into or against something else. Also: something protruding or projecting outwards. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > [noun] > putting forcibly thrustingc1380 obtrusion1847 the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > [noun] > forcible thrustingc1380 incasting1469 injection1611 intrusion1639 obtrusion1847 in-pushing1884 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [noun] > sending in > forcibly obtrusion1847 1847 G. H. Lewes Hist. Philos. (1867) II. 362 Stimulated into motion by the obtrusions of surrounding bodies. 1868 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea IV. v. 262 Liprandi's continued obtrusion of troops in the direction of the..Heights. 1993 Climber & Hillwalker Nov. (Winter Skills Suppl.) 2/2 Your initial reaction is almost casual, pushing out your arms in an attempt to grip obtrusions with your mitts, but your slide soon accelerates. 1997 Access Control & Security Syst. Integration (Electronic ed.) June They can be used to view through false ceilings, walls, or objects with little or no obtrusion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1579 |
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