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ad hocism

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ad hoc·ism also ad-hoc·ism  (d hkz-m, hkz-)
n.
The tendency to establish temporary, chiefly improvisational policies and procedures to deal with specific problems and tasks: "In the absence of specific policies carefully tended by specialists, ad hocism took root" (U.S. News & World Report).


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Kumaraswamy argues that neither realism nor idealism adequately describes this policy, which is instead best characterized by ad hocism.
Security Beyond Survival: Essays for K. Subrahmanyam by Mistry, Dinshaw / Pacific Affairs
India, they insist, is not suffering from a crisis of governance, but a crisis of leadership resulting from a policy of ad hocism and an absence of a strategic design or ideology.
INDIA AFTER INDEPENDENCE by KOCHANEK, STANLEY A. / Pacific Affairs
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