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interpellations

interpellations is the plural of interpellation.

Meaning of interpellation

Noun

interpellation (countable and uncountable, plural interpellations)

  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.
    • 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...1975, Lucy S. Dawidowicz, The War Against the Jews 1933-1945
  2. The act of interpellating: the act of identification.
  3. The act of interpelling: interruption.

Questions about interpellations

What is interpellations the plural of?
Interpellations is the plural of interpellation.

Words near interpellations in the dictionary

  1. interpellate
  2. interpellated
  3. interpellates
  4. interpellating
  5. interpellation
  6. interpellations
  7. interpellator
  8. interpellators
  9. interpellatory
  10. interpelling
  11. interpels

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