Meaning & use
interposition
The act of placing something between two other things, or intervening between two parties in a dispute.
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The negotiator's interposition between the two sides helped prevent the talks from collapsing.
The theory of interposition held that a state could block a federal law it considered unconstitutional.
A note on using this word
Interposition appears in everyday contexts about mediating a conflict and in a specific historical and constitutional sense about states resisting federal authority.
Words with a similar meaning
interventionmediation
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