ad hocery
ad hocery · ad hoceries
Use of ad hoc or improvised reasoningUse of ad hoc or improvised reasoning.
/ædˈhɒkəɹi/
Meaning
2 senses(countable, informal, uncountable)Use of ad hoc or improvised reasoning.
(countable, informal, uncountable)Arbitrary decision rules sometimes included in artificially intelligent software to simulate the unexpectedness in human reasoning.
Origin
From ad hoc + -ery.From ad hoc + -ery.
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Forms
plural: ad hoceriesSynonyms
1 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsRelatedshort-termism
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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