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ad-hocness

ad-hocness is the alternative form of ad hocness.

Meaning of ad hocness

Noun

ad hocness (uncountable)

  1. The quality or condition of being ad hoc.
    • They think it necessary to specify a third, heuristic sort of ad hocness.2012, Joseph C. Pitt, Marcello Pera, Rational Changes in Science: Essays on Scientific Reasoning

Origin of ad-hocness

From ad-hoc + -ness.

Questions about ad-hocness

What is ad-hocness the alternative form of?
Ad-hocness is the alternative form of ad hocness.

Words near ad-hocness in the dictionary

  1. ad-hocism
  2. ad-hocisms
  3. ad-hockeries
  4. ad-hockery
  5. ad-hocly
  6. ad-hocness
  7. ad-hocracies
  8. ad-hocracy
  9. ad-hocrat
  10. ad-hocrats
  11. ad-lib

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