intrusion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The forcible inclusion or entry of an external group or individual; the act of intruding.
Magma forced into other rock formations; the rock formed when such magma solidifies.
A structure that lies within a historic district but is nonhistoric and irrelevant to the district.
The insertion of a phoneme into the pronunciation of a word despite its absence from the spelling. (e.g. intrusive r)
An involuntarily arising idea or memory that is nuisant and falsifies an accurate impression of the world.

/ɪnˈtɹuːʒən/ en-us-intrusion.ogg

intrusion intrusions

From Middle English intrusioun, from Old French intrusion, from Medieval Latin intrūsiō, from intrūdō, from Latin in- + trūdō.

intrude intruder intrusive

antiintrusion cyberintrusion intrusional intrusion fantasy intrusionism intrusionist layered intrusion nonintrusion nonintrusionist

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