English Explanatory Dictionary

Hansardize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To confront a Member of Parliament with his former opinions as recorded in his speeches in Hansard.

Word forms

Hansardize Hansardizes Hansardizing Hansardized

Etymology

From Hansard + -ize. The term was popularised and possibly coined by Thomas Henry Huxley. According to Sydney D. Bailey, the term had fallen out of use by the 1950s.

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