Formally vs Interpellate - What's the difference?
formally | interpellate |
In a formal manner.
In accordance with official procedure.
In accordance with rigorous rules.
(obsolete) To interrupt (someone) so as to inform or question (that person about something).
(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).
* 1996 , The Cambridge History of American Literature'', volume 8, ''Poetry and criticism, 1940-1995 (edited by Sacvan Bercovitch), page 408:
* 2002 , Marianne Jørgensen, Louise J. Phillips, Discourse Analysis As Theory and Method , page 41:
* 2009 , Samia Bazzi, Arab News and Conflict: A Multidisciplinary Discourse Study :
(transitive, chiefly, politics) To question (someone) formally concerning official or governmental policy or business.
As an adverb formally
is in a formal manner.As a verb interpellate is
(obsolete) to interrupt (someone) so as to inform or question (that person about something).formally
English
Adverb
(en adverb)- He dressed quite formally''' - too '''formally for the occasion.
- He formally filed a complaint, which involved much paperwork.
- He proved it formally but gave his students no intuitive feel for the matter.
Antonyms
* informallySee also
* address (someone) formally * officiallyinterpellate
English
Verb
(en-verb)- interpellates those being addressed as an audience, and one that is differentiated by gender.
- whereas the Palestinian subjects are interpellated as: the martyr... a young Palestinian... a Palestinian teenager.