flipism

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noun

A pseudophilosophy under which all decisions are made at random, as if by flipping a coin.

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Meanings

nounflipism (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA pseudophilosophy under which all decisions are made at random, as if by flipping a coin.

    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.

    1961, Harold J. Mahoney, Thelburn Laroy Engle, Points for decision, page 318

Origin

From flip + -ism, introduced in the Disney comic Flip Decision by Carl Barks, published in 1953.

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APA

flipism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flipism

MLA

“flipism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flipism. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flipism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flipism.

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