## Meanings
1. An unfair or unwelcome demand on your time, effort, or hospitality.
2. The act of introducing or forcing something on people, such as a tax or rule.

## Examples
- I hope staying another night won't be too much of an imposition.
- The imposition of new taxes angered small business owners.

## Derived Forms
- impositional
- reimposition
- superimposition

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: imposicioun
- Root: imposicion

## Etymology
From Middle English imposicioun, from Old French imposicion, from Latin impositio.

## AI Etymology
Imposition is from Middle English imposicioun, from Old French imposicion, from Latin impositio. In present-day use, it can mean an unfair or unwelcome demand on your time, effort, or hospitality, or the act of introducing or forcing something on people, such as a tax or rule. Derived formations include impositional, reimposition, and superimposition.

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