interpellation — Englisches Wörterbuch

Substantiv

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.

   Gebrauch

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   Beispiele

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   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. The act of interpellating: the act of identification.

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   • zählbar
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3. The act of interpelling: interruption.

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   • zählbar
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Substantiv

1. (parliament) a parliamentary procedure of demanding that a government official explain some act or policy

   Oberbegriffe

   orderrules of orderparliamentary lawparliamentary procedure

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

   Synonyme

   interjectioninterpositioninterpolation

   Oberbegriffe

   breakinterruptiondisruptiongap