introjection

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One is clearly an intrusion or at least and introjection into our ordinary lives.

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  1. The act of throwing within.

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  • And while there may appear to be an intersection or introjection between the two, they are finally quite different from one another, depending on the time of day or the season.
  • One is clearly an intrusion or at least and introjection into our ordinary lives. —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
  • On the one hand to be immune is to have non-being, i.e. nothing in common with the community, on the other hand immunity is the negative introjection of 'the negative modality of its opposite' as an internal defensive apparatus of the community. —  Mute magazine - Culture and politics after the net - CULTURE AND POLITICS AFTER THE NET
  • This fact -- that life originated in darkness, and that the power of life can only be exercised in darkness -- is, it seems to me, a most significant one when viewed in the light of our studies, and seems to point to the conclusion that the "darkness" said to be essential at spiritistic circles is indeed necessary; and that, when delicate and subtle forms of life and energy are being manifested, they are likely to become disrupted by the sudden introjection of a coarse and powerful form of energy, such as light, so that this "condition," said to be necessary by all mediums, is probably in reality essential; and their claim, far from being absurd, is well founded, and in accordance with well-established scientific facts. —  The Problems of Psychical Research Experiments and Theories in the Realm of the Supernormal
 

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  1. Latin intro, within, + -jectio (n-), throwing.
 

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