intrusion

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun any entry into an area not previously occupied
  2. noun entrance by force or without permission or welcome
  3. noun the forcing of molten rock into fissures or between strata of an earlier rock formation

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Synonyms

invasion, encroachment

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