ad hocery en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ædˈhɒkəɹi/
Etymology
From ad hoc + -ery.
Meanings
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(countable, informal, uncountable) Use 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:
- (countable, informal, uncountable) Arbitrary decision rules sometimes included in artificially intelligent software to simulate the unexpectedness in human reasoning.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ad-hocery | alternative | lexicographic | |
| ad hockery | alternative | lexicographic | |
| ad hoceries | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| ad hoc-ery | alternative | lexicographic | |
| adhockery | alternative | lexicographic | |
| ad-hockery | alternative | lexicographic | |
| adhoc-ery | alternative | lexicographic | |
| ad-hoc-ery | alternative | lexicographic | |
| adhocery | alternative | lexicographic |