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"interpellation" is a valid word in written English.
It is a noun that means the action of questioning or challenging someone, especially in a confrontational way. For example: The mayor was accused of corruption after an interpellation by the party leader.
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interpellation
noun
The act of interpellating (questioning); the period in which government officials are questioned about and explain an act, a policy or a point raised during a debate.
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I have seen academic colleagues become so enchanted by zombie nouns like heteronormativity and interpellation that they forget how ordinary people speak.
The question before the House was an interpellation concerning Ferid Pasha, formerly Grand Vizier, who has just been named Governor-General of Smyrna.
Perhaps the best known of the new conceptual formulations resulting from these efforts is that of "ideological interpellation".
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