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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The character or quality of being intrusive.

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  • noun The quality of being intrusive.

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  • noun aggressiveness as evidenced by intruding; by advancing yourself or your ideas without invitation

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Examples

  • In making the "intrusiveness" argument, Cameron is probably drawing on a dimly remembered era in Tory folk memory when feminists bestrode the Earth.

    Child benefit and binocular man Richard Alcock 2010

  • My suspicion is that most people attribute that kind of intrusiveness and presumption as intrinsic to AOL's corporate culture.

    Antisocial Behavior - Anil Dash 2005

  • He bluntly declared NATO must cut back the "intrusiveness"

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2010

  • The benefits of versed - reducing anxiety, which would then reduce the amount of fentanyl needed, relaxing the patient, making it easier for them to tolerate some of the "intrusiveness" that is an unavoidable part of surgery, and hopefully preventing the patient from remembering some of the

    Brad Ideas - Comments anti 2010

  • He bluntly declared NATO must cut back the "intrusiveness"

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2010

  • He bluntly declared NATO must cut back the "intrusiveness"

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  • The benefits of versed - reducing anxiety, which would then reduce the amount of fentanyl needed, relaxing the patient, making it easier for them to tolerate some of the "intrusiveness" that is an unavoidable part of surgery, and hopefully preventing the patient from remembering some of the

    Brad Ideas - Comments Anonymous 2010

  • He bluntly declared NATO must cut back the "intrusiveness"

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2010

  • The benefits of versed - reducing anxiety, which would then reduce the amount of fentanyl needed, relaxing the patient, making it easier for them to tolerate some of the "intrusiveness" that is an unavoidable part of surgery, and hopefully preventing the patient from remembering some of the

    Brad Ideas - Comments Anonymous 2010

  • He bluntly declared NATO must cut back the "intrusiveness"

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2010

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