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adhocratical en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ædhəˈkɹædɪkəl/ (General-American)
  • /adhəˈkɹatɪkəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From adhocracy + -ical or adhocratic + -al.

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:organizational theory, rare) Relating to an adhocracy; adhocratic.
    • Practically for all interrogated organizations only the desire to strengthen attributes of other (clan, adhocratical and market) cultures is common. The desire to strengthen clan characteristics of the organization is visible more obviously than any other: expressiveness of the general values, the help and study on the part of the leaders, stability of relations, mutual trust and care of people. 2004, Sławomira Partyckiego, editor, Człowiek a rynek [People and the Market] (Prace Wydziału Nauk Społecznych [Works of the Faculty of Social Sciences]; 92), volume 2, Lublin, Poland: Katedra Mikrostruktur Społecznych i Współczesnych Teorii Socjologicznych, Tow. Nauk. Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego [Department of Social Microstructures and Contemporary Sociological Theory, Catholic University of Lublin], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 69:

Forms

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most adhocratical Degree=Sup lexicographic
more adhocratical Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Relateds

adhocrat · adhocratically · adhocracy

Synonyms

adhocratic