interpellation

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  1. The act of interpellating, or of interrupting or interfering by speech; verbal interruption. Good sir, I crave pardon, If I so chance to break that golden twist You spin by rude interpellation. Dr. H. More, Psychozoia, ii. 44.
  2. The act of interceding; interposition by entreaty or request; solicitation. “Praying without ceasing,” St. Paul calls it: that is, with continual addresses, frequent interpellations, never ceasing renewing the request till I obtain my desire. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 231. He was to mention the urgent interpellations made to him by the electors and princes of the Empire in their recent embassy. Motley, Dutch Republic, II. 269.
  3. A summons; a citation. In all extrajudicial acts one citation, monition, or extrajudicial interpellation is sufficient. Ayliffe, Parergon.
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  • Benjamin takes over aesthetically where Althusser leaves off ideologically by considering the material (aesthetic) form of the interpellation, i.e. the sensual mediation of the idea. —  Political Affairs Magazine
  • The first signatory of the interpellation is Jutta Urpilainen, the Social Democrat leader.
  • The interpellation was the fifth faced by Matti Vanhanen's (centre) second government.
  • The right of interpellation has been given, and also some share in shaping the financial arrangements embodied in the annual budget CHAPTER XXIII ADMINISTRATION--LOCAL Municipalities.~--It is matter for reflection that, while the effect of British administration has been to weaken self-government in villages, half a century of effort has failed to make it a living thing in towns and districts. —  The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir
  • It was M. Raynal who brought about the fall of General Gresley as Minister of War by an 'interpellation,' founded on the refusal of the War Minister to remove an officer of the Territorial Army because he was a monarchist. —  France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889
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  1. from French interpellation = Spanish interpelacion = Portuguese interpellação = Italian interpellazione, from Latin interpellatio(n-), an interruption, from interpellare, interrupt: see interpel.
 

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