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Word | Ambivalence |
mixed feelings or emotions / the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes / the state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone. / simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action / a: continual fluctuation (as between one thing and its opposite) b: uncertainty as to which approach to follow / : simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action ambivalence which is expressed in behavior by alternating obedience and rebellion—G. S. Blum, | |
Usage | ⇒ an ambivalence towards foreign tourists ⇒ There is much ambivalence about our involvement in the war ⇒ Torn between loving her parents one minute and hating them the next, she was confused by the ambivalence of her feelings. ⇒ the law's ambivalence about the importance of a victim's identity |
Synonyms | uncertainty, indecisiveness, irresolution, fickleness, inconsistency, indecision, ambivalency, capriciousness, conflict, double-mindedness, fluctuation, hesitation, tentativeness, unsureness, vacillation, changeability, doubt, impulsiveness, incongruity, tergiversation, |
Antonyms | certainty, consistency, decisiveness, |
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