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ALL meanings of ambivalence

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  • noun ambivalence the simultaneous existence of two opposed and conflicting attitudes, emotions, etc 3
  • noun ambivalence simultaneous conflicting feelings toward a person or thing, as love and hate 3
  • noun ambivalence uncertainty or fluctuation, especially when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things. 1
  • noun ambivalence Psychology. the coexistence within an individual of positive and negative feelings toward the same person, object, or action, simultaneously drawing him or her in opposite directions. 1
  • noun ambivalence The state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone. 1
  • noun ambivalence mixed feelings 1
  • noun ambivalence indecision 1
  • noun ambivalence The coexistence of opposing attitudes or feelings (such as love and hate) towards a person, object or idea. 0
  • noun ambivalence A state of uncertainty or indecisiveness. 0
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