ad-hocism

A form of ad hocism — Use of ad hoc or improvised reasoning.

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Meanings

nounad-hocism (countable and uncountable, plural ad-hocisms)

plural ad-hocisms

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of ad hocism.
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