adhocracy
/ (ædˈhɒkrəsɪ) /
noun
management that responds to urgent problems rather than planning to avoid them
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DO YOU KNOW THIS VOCABULARY FROM "THE HANDMAID'S TALE"?
"The Handmaid's Tale" was required reading for many of us in school. Everyone else has probably watched the very popular and addictive TV show. Do you remember this vocabulary from the book, and do you know what these terms mean?
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decorum
Words nearby adhocracy
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Example sentences from the Web for adhocracy
The best way to do this, he argues, is through an “adhocracy,” a term he borrows from the writer and futurist Alvin Toffler.