interpellate in English
verb
1
(in certain parliamentary systems) interrupt the order of the day by demanding an explanation from (the minister concerned).
I said I did not have the capability to become premier because many legislators were interpellating the premier in [Hoklo, more commonly known as Taiwanese], and I could not understand Taiwanese 100 percent.
2
(of an ideology or discourse) bring into being or give identity to (an individual or category).
Subjects are thus interpellated into the symbolic order as gendered and raced beings and are recognizable only in reference to the existing grid of intelligibility.
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