˜yÐÄvlog

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interpellation

[ in-ter-puh-ley-shuhn, in-tur-puh- ]

noun

  1. a procedure in some legislative bodies of asking a government official to explain an act or policy, sometimes leading, in parliamentary government, to a vote of confidence or a change of government.
  2. Sociology. a system of maintaining power over a population by imposing beliefs, values, and norms on that population rather than using force.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of interpellation1

First recorded in 1520–30; from Latin ¾±²Ô³Ù±ð°ù±è±ð±ô±ôÄå³Ù¾±Å²Ô-, stem of ¾±²Ô³Ù±ð°ù±è±ð±ô±ôÄå³Ù¾±Å “i²Ô³Ù±ð°ù°ù³Ü±è³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô.†See interpellate, -ion
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Example Sentences

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Now interpellations happen all over the place, whenever someone addresses someone else and seeks to purvey an idea or prompt a course of action.

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It would also expand the president’s authority over the judiciary, and eliminates parliament’s right to interpellation, or the ability to submit formal questions on the government’s actions to the executive.

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The ministers had to answer their French "interpellations" in French.

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The arrangements were made on behalf of the ministry by the Grand Vizier, Hilmi Pasha, and the matter was then brought up under interpellation in the Parliament.

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A member's redress in 56 such instances is to rag the president at the time when, according to custom, interpellations are in order; and as a rule he avails himself of this opportunity without mercy.

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