officiousness
- n aggressiveness as evidenced by intruding; by advancing yourself or your ideas without invitation
- But despite Japanese officiousness, Admiral Yarnell knows his nation's rights.
- That incident, said he, "culminates a long series of incidents of officiousness, stupid regulations and a lack of cooperation, which would seem to indicate that the United States .
- The American hero is traditionally a loner who risks his life cutting a glory path through officiousness and red tape.