ad hocery

/ædˈhɒkəɹi/

noun

Use of ad hoc or improvised reasoning.

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ad hocism
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Meanings

nounad hocery (countable and uncountable, plural ad hoceries)

plural ad hoceries · alternative adhocery · alternative adhoc-ery · alternative ad hoc-ery · alternative ad-hoc-ery · alternative ad-hocery · alternative adhockery · alternative ad hockery · alternative ad-hockery

  1. countableinformaluncountableUse of ad hoc or improvised reasoning.

    We can, of course, simply drift into the future, in which case where we end up will be the result of inertia buffeted by ad hocery and circumstance.

    2011, Alan Cairns, Citizens Plus: Aboriginal Peoples and the Canadian State, page 80

    Synonyms: ad hocism

  2. countableinformaluncountablecomputingArbitrary decision rules sometimes included in artificially intelligent software to simulate the unexpectedness in human reasoning.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounUse of ad hoc or improvised reasoning.

Similar
ad hocism
Also see
ad hocism

Origin

From ad hoc + -ery.

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