intrusion
/ɪnˈtɹuːʒən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.42 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The forcible inclusion or entry of an external group or individual; the act of intruding.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The forcible inclusion or entry of an external group or individual; the act of intruding.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The forcible inclusion or entry of an external group or individual; the act of intruding.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Something that is intrusive or that has arisen from an act of intruding.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Something that is intrusive or that has arisen from an act of intruding.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "She viewed sales calls as an unwelcome intrusion."
- "Sudden anger rose in him. “What I’m looking for,” he barked, “is to be left in peace.” His voice trembled with a rage far bigger than her intrusion merited, the rage which shocked him whenever it coursed through his nervous system, like a flood."
- "The threat of terrorism to the British lies in the overreaction to it of British governments. Each one in turn clicks up the ratchet of surveillance, intrusion and security. Each one diminishes liberty."
- "Electroencephalography (EEG), Electrocardiography (ECG), Galvanic Skin Response (GSR), Respiration Rate Analysis (RR), Skin Temperature Measurements (SKT), Electromyogram (EMG), Electrooculography (EOG), Facial Expressions (FE), Body Posture (BP), and Gesture Analysis (GA) are the main emotion recognition approaches that have been evolved in sensor technology and methods in recent years for affective HCI. Hybrid approaches, multimodal features and even the text that is typed in by users during a game or social media communication can serve as a possible starting point for the affect detection process and sentiment analysis in digital environments. Purpose, cost, intrusion, accuracy, user tolerance, and the computing processing power are the important elements involved in selecting and utilizing the sensing tools in each project."
- "The intrusion of the virus rendered our other security efforts useless."
- "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."
Etymology
From Middle English intrusioun, from Old French intrusion, from Medieval Latin intrūsiō, from intrūdō, from Latin in- + trūdō.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *trewd-, intrusioun, intrusion, intrūsiō, in-