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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 policyplay

2. the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interruptsplay

  Familiarity information: INTERPELLATION used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


INTERPELLATION (noun)


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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