Meanings
verbHansardize (third-person singular simple present Hansardizes, present participle Hansardizing, simple past and past participle Hansardized)
present singular third person Hansardizes · participle present Hansardizing · participle past Hansardized · past Hansardized
- CommonwealthUKdatedgovernmentTo confront a Member of Parliament with his former opinions as recorded in his speeches in Hansard.
Origin
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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APA
Hansardize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hansardize
MLA
“Hansardize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hansardize. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hansardize,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hansardize.
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