Hansardizev.
/ˈhansədʌɪz/ transitive. 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.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > state, government, or parliamentary papers > [verb (transitive)] > confront with officially recorded utterances
Hansardize1869
1869 Huxley 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.
1869 Ld. Granville Speech House of Lords 15 June I will venture now—to use a word, an admirable word invented by the noble lord opposite—to Hansardise.
1894 Athenæum 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.
Derivatives
ˌHansardiˈzation n. the action of ‘Hansardizing’.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > state, government, or parliamentary papers > [noun] > records of parliament proceedings > confrontation with recorded utterances
Hansardization1883
1883 T. H. Huxley in Jrnl. Educ. Mar. 97/2 That process so hateful to members of Parliament, which may be denoted by the term ‘Hansardization’.
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