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am·biv·a·lence
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| 1. | uncertainty or fluctuation, esp. when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things. |
| 2. | 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. |
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[German Ambivalenz : Latin ambi-, ambi- + Latin valentia, vigor (from valēns, valent-, present participle of valēre, to be strong; see wal- in Indo-European roots).] |
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ambivalence
"simultaneous conflicting feelings," 1924, from Ger. Ambivalenz, coined 1910 by Ger. psychologist Eugen Bleuler (on model of equivalence, etc.) from L. ambi- "both" + valentia "strength," from prp. of valere "be strong" (see valiant). A psychological term that by 1929 had taken on a broader literary and general sense. Ambivalent first recorded 1916.
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| ambivalence | |
noun | |
| mixed feelings or emotions |
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- The coexistence of opposing attitudes or feelings toward a person, an object, or an idea.
am·biv
a·lent adj.
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Main Entry: am·biv·a·lence
Pronunciation: am-'biv-&-l&n(t)s
Function: noun
: simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or
feelings (as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action <a heightened ambivalence which is expressed in behavior by alternating obedience and rebellion, followed by
self-reproach —G. S. Blum> —am·biv·a·lent /-l&nt/ adjective —am·biv·a·lent·ly
adverb
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