interposition
Americannoun
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the act or fact of interposing or the condition of being interposed.
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something interposed.
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the doctrine that an individual state of the U.S. may oppose any federal action it believes encroaches on its sovereignty.
Other Word Forms
- noninterposition noun
Etymology
Origin of interposition
1375–1425; late Middle English interposicio ( u ) n < Latin interpositiōn- (stem of interpositiō ), equivalent to interposit ( us ) (past participle of interpōnere to place between) + -iōn- -ion
Example Sentences
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There were even these fake legal theories known as "interposition" to resist the courts' orders about civil rights.
From Salon
“Of course I know interposition is invalid,” he admitted.
From Salon
In his famous "I Have a Dream" speech, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke specifically of the governor of Alabama "having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification."
From Salon
The words of the proclamation to “fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty Hand to heal the wounds of the nation” resonate anew.
From Washington Post
In his Thanksgiving proclamation in 1863 during the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln urged citizens to “fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty Hand to heal the wounds of the nation and to restore it.”
From Washington Post
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