interpellation

English Thesaurus

1. the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts (noun.act)

hypernym	:	break, disruption, gap, interruption,
definition	:	an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity (noun.act)

2. (parliament) a parliamentary procedure of demanding that a government official explain some act or policy (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	order, parliamentary law, parliamentary procedure, rules of order,
definition	:	a body of rules followed by an assembly (noun.communication)

domain category	:	parliament,
definition	:	a legislative assembly in certain countries (noun.group)

3. the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts (noun.act)

derivation	:	alter, falsify, interpolate,
definition	:	insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby (verb.change)

derivation	:	come in, inject, interject, interpose, put in, throw in,
definition	:	to insert between other elements (verb.communication)

4. (parliament) a parliamentary procedure of demanding that a government official explain some act or policy (noun.communication)

derivation	:	interpellate,
definition	:	question formally about policy or government business (verb.communication)

5. the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts (noun.act)

derivation	:	alter, falsify, interpolate,
definition	:	insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby (verb.change)

derivation	:	come in, inject, interject, interpose, put in, throw in,
definition	:	to insert between other elements (verb.communication)

6. (parliament) a parliamentary procedure of demanding that a government official explain some act or policy (noun.communication)

derivation	:	interpellate,
definition	:	question formally about policy or government business (verb.communication)