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The earliest known use of the adjective obtrusive is in the mid 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for obtrusive is from 1652, in the writing of Thomas Urquhart, author and translator.
The first effective channels for mass propaganda developed during the nineteenth century, with the approach of mass literacy and the proliferation of the printed word. What came to be called the 'yellow press' developed rapidly during the 1880s and 1890s.
Yet despite a long history, unobtrusive observation methods are currently underused in health behavior research. We discuss how developing the use of video technology and automated computer vision techniques can offer a scalable solution for assessing health behaviors, facilitating a more thorough investigation of how environments influence ...
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The earliest known use of the adverb obtrusively is in the late 1700s. OED's earliest evidence for obtrusively is from 1796, in the writing of Fanny Burney, writer.
The earliest known use of the noun obtrusiveness is in the 1810s. OED's earliest evidence for obtrusiveness is from 1814, in the writing of Jane Austen, novelist. obtrusiveness is formed within English, by derivation.
Jul 30, 2019 · obtrusive. (adj.) "given to thrusting one's self or one's opinions upon the company or notice of others, characterized by forcibly thrusting (oneself, etc.) into notice or prominence," 1660s, from Latin obtrus-, past participle stem of obtrudere (see obtrude) + -ive. Related: Obtrusively; obtrusiveness.
