Interpellate - What does it mean?
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has no English definition.
(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.
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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)- 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.