am•big•nos•tic (ām-bĭg-nŏs’tĭk)
adjective
- Holding several, often contradictory, beliefs, sometimes simultaneously and occasionally quite consciously.
noun
- A person who can’t or won’t commit to a consistent worldview.
Origin:
Portmanteau coinage, blending “ambiguous” with “agnostic.” Influenced by Robert Anton Wilson’s notion of shifting reality-tunnels, with a nod to Lewis Carroll’s White Queen, the term carries a connotation of self-deprecation.
