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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The tendency to establish temporary, chiefly improvisational policies and procedures to deal with specific problems.
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- noun Use of
ad hoc orimprovised reasoning .
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From ad hoc + -ism.
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