intrusiveness
Tendency toward overstepping
Intrusiveness is the quality of pushing into spaces where one isn't wanted or welcome.
An intrusive person asks prying questions; intrusive thoughts arrive unbidden.
Government surveillance raises concerns about intrusiveness into private life.
Intrusive advertising interrupts what you're trying to do.
The intrusiveness of the paparazzi drove her from public life.
Intrusively curious
- pryingIntrusively inquisitive
- snoopingSecretly investigating others
- busybodyIntrusive meddler
- interferenceUnwelcome involvement in affairs
buttinsky · inquisitive · nosiness · curiosity · gossip · eavesdropping · peeping · prodding
Gradual intrusion on territory
- trespassUnauthorized entry onto property
- oversteppingExceeding appropriate bounds
- infringementViolation of rights
- invasionForcible entry into territory
imposition · presumption · uninvited · unwelcome · pushiness · forwardness · liberties · familiarity
Break in continuity
- disturbanceDisruption of order
- interferenceUnwelcome involvement in affairs
- nuisanceCause of aggravation
- annoyanceState of being bothered
obtrusiveness · bother · inconvenience · distraction · disruptiveness · derailing · interjection · disturbing
Aggressively asserting control
- smotheringDepriving of air
- controllingExerting authority over others
- suffocatingDepriving of air
- micromanagingExcessive control over details
oppressive · demanding · possessive · clingy · hovering · stifling · overwhelming · heavy-handed
Systematic observation of subjects
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- trackingMonitoring location over time
- data-miningExtracting patterns from datasets
- spyingSecretly observing others
wiretapping · cyberstalking · profiling · snoopware · cookies · geolocation · metadata · CCTV
nosy
Intrusively curious
interference · buttinsky · inquisitive · nosiness · curiosity · gossip · eavesdropping · peeping · prodding · probing
encroachment
Gradual intrusion on territory
- trespassUnauthorized entry onto property
- oversteppingExceeding appropriate bounds
- infringementViolation of rights
invasion · imposition · presumption · uninvited · unwelcome · pushiness · forwardness · liberties · familiarity · impropriety
interruption
Break in continuity
- disturbanceDisruption of order
- interferenceUnwelcome involvement in affairs
- nuisanceCause of aggravation
annoyance · obtrusiveness · bother · inconvenience · distraction · disruptiveness · derailing · interjection · disturbing · jarring
domineering
Aggressively asserting control
- smotheringDepriving of air
- controllingExerting authority over others
- suffocatingDepriving of air
micromanaging · oppressive · demanding · possessive · clingy · hovering · stifling · overwhelming · heavy-handed · overbearingness
surveillance
Systematic observation of subjects
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- trackingMonitoring location over time
- data-miningExtracting patterns from datasets
spying · wiretapping · cyberstalking · profiling · snoopware · cookies · geolocation · metadata · CCTV · breach
- audacityboldness, brazenness, audacity, chutzpah, gall
- coercionduress, coercing, compelling, threat, forcing
- presumptuousnesspresumptuousness, impertinence, audacity, forwardness, boldness
- bipolar disordermania, hypomania, bipolar II, cyclothymia, manic episode
intrusivenessrespectfulness
Quality of showing esteem
discretion · restraint · reserve · non-interference · circumspection
intrusivenessshyness
Tendency toward social timidity
reticence · timidity · withdrawal · diffidence · self-effacement
intrusivenessconsideration
Careful thought or compensation
tact · tactfulness · thoughtfulness · care · carefulness
intruder, intrude, intrusive, intrusion, unobtrusive, protrude, intruding, obtrude, intruders