Single word for a pattern of behaviour where you keep swapping between possibilities [duplicate]
Vacillation would fit your criteria. For example, the 'president's vacillation over foreign policy had far reaching consequences'.
I would definitely say that he was flip-flopping.
- Informal. a sudden or unexpected reversal, as of direction, belief, attitude, or policy.
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- Informal. to make a sudden or unexpected reversal, as of direction, belief, attitude, or policy.
Example:
The opposition claimed that the president had flip-flopped on certain issues.
Examples include:
vacillate and its synonyms listed on TFD
indecisiveness TFD
- Prone to or characterized by indecision; irresolute: an indecisive manager.
- Inconclusive: an indecisive contest; an indecisive battle.
- Not clearly defined; indefinite: