Flipism
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A pseudophilosophy under which all decisions are made at random, as if by flipping a coin. uncountable
"You flip three times, but maybe that is still placing too much responsibility on the penny. You decide to flip it a hundred times, five hundred, a thousand. You have become a victim of flipism, and you still haven't solved your conflict frustration."
Example
More examples"You flip three times, but maybe that is still placing too much responsibility on the penny. You decide to flip it a hundred times, five hundred, a thousand. You have become a victim of flipism, and you still haven't solved your conflict frustration."
Etymology
From flip + -ism, introduced in the Disney comic Flip Decision by Carl Barks, published in 1953.
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