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INTERPELLATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does interpellation mean?
• INTERPELLATION (noun)
The noun INTERPELLATION has 2 senses:
1. (parliament) a parliamentary procedure of demanding that a government official explain some act or policy
2. the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts
Familiarity information: INTERPELLATION used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(parliament) a parliamentary procedure of demanding that a government official explain some act or policy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("interpellation" is a kind of...):
order; parliamentary law; parliamentary procedure; rules of order (a body of rules followed by an assembly)
Domain category:
parliament (a legislative assembly in certain countries)
Derivation:
interpellate (question formally about policy or government business)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
interjection; interpellation; interpolation; interposition
Hypernyms ("interpellation" is a kind of...):
break; disruption; gap; interruption (an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity)
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