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Hansardize, v.|ˈhænsədaɪz|
[f. prec. + -ize.]
trans. To confront (a member of Parliament) with his former utterances as recorded in ‘Hansard’; to prove (a person) to have formerly expressed a different view or opinion. Also absol.
1869Huxley in Sci. Opinion 5 May 506/2 I do not wish to Hansardize Sir William Thomson by laying much stress on the fact that, only fifteen years ago, he entertained a totally different view of the origin of the sun's heat. 1869Ld. Granville Sp. in Ho. Lords 15 June, I will venture now—to use a word, an admirable word invented by the noble lord opposite—to Hansardise. 1894Athenæum 15 Dec. 822/2 M. Ollivier goes out of his way to attack Thiers by ‘Hansardizing’ him, as the Prime Minister Lord Derby used to say.
Hence ˌHansardiˈzation, the action of ‘Hansardizing’.
1883Huxley in Jrnl. Educ. 1 Mar. 97/2 That process so hateful to members of Parliament, which may be denoted by the term ‘Hansardization’. |