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flipism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
flip-ism
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Uncountable

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Etymology

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

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What does flipism mean?
A pseudophilosophy under which all decisions are made at random, as if by flipping a coin.
Where does flipism come from?
From flip + -ism, introduced in the Disney comic Flip Decision by Carl Barks, published in 1953.

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