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ad hocness

ad hocness noun: the quality or condition of being ad hoc.

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

Forms of ad hocness

alternative formad-hocness
alternative formadhocness

Origin of ad hocness

From ad hoc + -ness.

Questions about ad hocness

What does ad hocness mean?
Ad hocness means the quality or condition of being ad hoc.
What part of speech is ad hocness?
Ad hocness is a noun.

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 hom

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