obtrusion

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This, however, was a different order of obtrusion.

From The Guardian • Apr. 2, 2011

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 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

Annoyed at this obtrusion, I was about to send him away, but she restrained my interference with a slight movement of the hand.

From Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel by Gottschall, Rudolf von

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