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OFFICIOUSNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Aggressiveness as evidenced by intruding; by advancing yourself or your ideas without invitation
Synonyms:
intrusiveness; meddlesomeness; officiousness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("officiousness" 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:
officious (intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner)
