obtrusion

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This, however, was a different order of obtrusion.

From The Guardian • Apr. 2, 2011

The obtrusion of these two dead women upon Poe's subliminal nature is seen in the self-frustration of incipient amours before his marriage with a "consumptive angel" of 13, Virginia Clemm.

From Time Magazine Archive

Equally important is inappropriateness: "the linking of disparates, the collision of different mental spheres, the obtrusion into one context of what belongs in another."

From Time Magazine Archive

Mr. Herrington objected to the obtrusion of such trifling matter upon the House, which had business to do.

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady

But from whatever source they may have been drawn, or whatever wit there might be in their original position, the obtrusion of them into decent society is an unwarrantable piece of impertinence.

From The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society by Hartley, Florence