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Interpellate - What does it mean?

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is likely misspelled.


has no English definition.

As a verb interpellate

is to interrupt (someone) so as to inform or question (that person about something).

interpellate

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • (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:
  • interpellates those being addressed as an audience, and one that is differentiated by gender.
  • * 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 :
  • whereas the Palestinian subjects are interpellated as: the martyr... a young Palestinian... a Palestinian teenager.
  • (transitive, chiefly, politics) To question (someone) formally concerning official or governmental policy or business.
  • Derived terms

    * interpellator * interpellation

    See also

    * interpolate * interpel ----

    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.