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Interpellation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of interpellating (questioning); the period in which government officials are questioned about and explain an act, a policy or a point raised during a debate. countable, uncountable

    "While the petition was circulating, a Progressive deputy asked the Minister of the Interior what the Prussian government intended to do about it. The interpellation was intended to elicit a condemnation, but the minister’s pro forma reply that the government did not intend to abrogate Jewish rights was seen by the petitioners as an encouraging sign."

  2. 2
    the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts wordnet
  3. 3
    The act of interpellating: the act of identification. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    (parliament) a parliamentary procedure of demanding that a government official explain some act or policy wordnet
  5. 5
    The act of interpelling: interruption. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Middle French interpellation, from Latin interpellātiō; equivalent to interpellate + -ion or interpel + -ation.

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