ad hocery

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Use of ad hoc or improvised reasoning.
  2. Arbitrary decision rules sometimes included in artificially intelligent software to simulate the unexpectedness in human reasoning.

Pronunciation

/ædˈhɒkəɹi/

Word forms

ad hocery ad hoceries adhocery adhoc-ery ad hoc-ery ad-hoc-ery ad-hocery adhockery ad hockery ad-hockery

Etymology

From ad hoc + -ery.

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