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"To interrupt (someone) so as to inform or question (that person about something)."
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"(obsolete) To interrupt (someone) so as to inform or question (that person about something)."
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"sense": "interrupt so as to inform or question",
"word": "επερωτώ διακοπτω"
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"ref": "1996, “The Cambridge History of American Literature”, in Sacvan Bercovitch, editor, Poetry and criticism, 1940-1995, volume 8, page 408",
"text": "[…] a Master of Ceremonies' words \"Ladies and gentlemen\" […] interpellates those being addressed as an audience, and one that is differentiated by gender.",
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"ref": "2002, Marianne Jørgensen, Louise J. Phillips, Discourse Analysis As Theory and Method, page 41",
"text": "[…] the question may be whether the individual should let herself be interpellated as a feminist, a Christian or a worker. Perhaps all of these possibilities seem attractive, but they point in different directions […]",
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{
"ref": "2009, Samia Bazzi, Arab News and Conflict: A Multidisciplinary Discourse Study",
"text": "[…] whereas the Palestinian subjects are interpellated as: the martyr... a young Palestinian... a Palestinian teenager.",
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"To address (a person) in a way that presupposes a particular identification of them; to give (a person) an identity (which may or may not be accurate)."
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"(philosophy) To address (a person) in a way that presupposes a particular identification of them; to give (a person) an identity (which may or may not be accurate)."
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"ref": "1958 May 9, [Roseller Tarroza] Lim, “Manifestaciones del Sen. [Decoroso] Rosales”, in Republic of the Philippines Congressional Record (Senate of the Philippines), volume I, number 67, Manila, Philippines: Bureau of Printing, →OCLC, page 1343, column 1",
"text": "After the gentleman and Senator [Mariano Jesús] Cuenco interpellated me, I knew already that my bill was hopeless. That is why I presented that bill on February 4th, but it slept the sleep of the just in the Committee on Education.",
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"(transitive, chiefly politics) To question (someone) formally concerning official or governmental policy or business."
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"To interrupt (someone) so as to inform or question (that person about something)."
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"(obsolete) To interrupt (someone) so as to inform or question (that person about something)."
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"ref": "1996, “The Cambridge History of American Literature”, in Sacvan Bercovitch, editor, Poetry and criticism, 1940-1995, volume 8, page 408",
"text": "[…] a Master of Ceremonies' words \"Ladies and gentlemen\" […] interpellates those being addressed as an audience, and one that is differentiated by gender.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2002, Marianne Jørgensen, Louise J. Phillips, Discourse Analysis As Theory and Method, page 41",
"text": "[…] the question may be whether the individual should let herself be interpellated as a feminist, a Christian or a worker. Perhaps all of these possibilities seem attractive, but they point in different directions […]",
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},
{
"ref": "2009, Samia Bazzi, Arab News and Conflict: A Multidisciplinary Discourse Study",
"text": "[…] whereas the Palestinian subjects are interpellated as: the martyr... a young Palestinian... a Palestinian teenager.",
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"To address (a person) in a way that presupposes a particular identification of them; to give (a person) an identity (which may or may not be accurate)."
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"(philosophy) To address (a person) in a way that presupposes a particular identification of them; to give (a person) an identity (which may or may not be accurate)."
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"human-sciences",
"philosophy",
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"ref": "1958 May 9, [Roseller Tarroza] Lim, “Manifestaciones del Sen. [Decoroso] Rosales”, in Republic of the Philippines Congressional Record (Senate of the Philippines), volume I, number 67, Manila, Philippines: Bureau of Printing, →OCLC, page 1343, column 1",
"text": "After the gentleman and Senator [Mariano Jesús] Cuenco interpellated me, I knew already that my bill was hopeless. That is why I presented that bill on February 4th, but it slept the sleep of the just in the Committee on Education.",
"type": "quotation"
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"To question (someone) formally concerning official or governmental policy or business."
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"politics",
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"question",
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"(transitive, chiefly politics) To question (someone) formally concerning official or governmental policy or business."
],
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"ipa": "/ɪn.ˈtɜɹ.pə.ˌleɪt/"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "interrupt so as to inform or question",
"word": "interpeller"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "eperotó",
"sense": "interrupt so as to inform or question",
"word": "επερωτώ διακοπτω"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "address in a way that presupposes a particular identification",
"word": "interpellieren"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "eperotó",
"sense": "address in a way that presupposes a particular identification",
"word": "επερωτώ"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "question formally about government business",
"word": "interpeller"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "question formally about government business",
"word": "interpellieren"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "eperotó",
"sense": "question formally about government business",
"word": "επερωτώ"
}
],
"word": "interpellate"
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