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INTRUSIVENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does intrusiveness mean? 

INTRUSIVENESS (noun)
  The noun INTRUSIVENESS has 1 sense:

1. aggressiveness as evidenced by intruding; by advancing yourself or your ideas without invitationplay

  Familiarity information: INTRUSIVENESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


INTRUSIVENESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Aggressiveness as evidenced by intruding; by advancing yourself or your ideas without invitation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

intrusiveness; meddlesomeness; officiousness

Hypernyms ("intrusiveness" is a kind of...):

aggressiveness (the quality of being bold and enterprising)

Attribute:

intrusive (tending to intrude (especially upon privacy))

not intrusive; unintrusive (not interfering or meddling)

Derivation:

intrusive (tending to intrude (especially upon privacy))


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