Intrusion

Quick meaning: Intrusion is a noun meaning The forcible inclusion or entry of an external group or individual; the act of intruding.

Meaning

The forcible inclusion or entry of an external group or individual; the act of intruding.

More Meanings

1. (geology) Magma forced into other rock formations; the rock formed when such magma solidifies.
2. A structure that lies within a historic district but is nonhistoric and irrelevant to the district.
3. (phonology) The insertion of a phoneme into the pronunciation of a word despite its absence from the spelling. (e.g. intrusive r)
4. (psychology) An involuntarily arising idea or memory that is nuisant and falsifies an accurate impression of the world.

Example Sentences

She viewed sales calls as an unwelcome intrusion.

This setting is slightly altered by modern intrusion.

Although there are modern intrusions (a road and communications facilities on the summit), the mountain is important to the Kumeyaay community's belief system.

A current challenge in recent work on Spanish sound structure is to understand the conditions that determine vowel intrusion and the consequences vowel intrusion may have on Spanish phonology.

Word Forms

• intrusions

Synonyms for intrusion

Depending on context, synonyms include encroachment, trespass, invasion, violation.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include encroachment, trespass, violation, invasion, incursion, intruder.

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