interpellation

noun

in·​ter·​pel·​la·​tion

plural -s

1

obsolete : an act of interposing : intercession

2

: interruption

3

: the act of formally bringing into question (as in a European legislature) a ministerial policy or action

interpellation … is the particular method by which the deputies exercise their power of controlling and dismissing cabinets

—Ernest Barker

4

Scots law : interception, prevention

Word History

Etymology

Latin interpellation-, interpellatio, from interpellatus + -ion-, -io -ion

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Rhymes for interpellation

• abbreviation
• abomination
• acceleration
• accentuation
• accommodation
• accreditation
• acculturation
• accumulation
• acetylation
• adjudication
• administration
• adulteration