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

The aeronaut, a little offended at his obtrusion, sharply replied, "No, Sir, I will not; I beg that you will retire."

From The Stranger in France or, a Tour from Devonshire to Paris Illustrated by Engravings in Aqua Tint of Sketches Taken on the Spot. by Carr, John, Sir

The incessant and irresistible obtrusion of consciousness exercises dominion over every mind, even of our greatest thinkers, and causes disturbance and interruption in nearly every train of thought.

From The Scientific Basis of National Progress Including that of Morality by Gore, George