Definitions for AMBIVALENCE
æmˈbɪv ə lənsam·biva·lence

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. ambivalence, ambivalencynoun

   mixed feelings or emotions

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. ambivalencenoun

   The coexistence of opposing attitudes or feelings (such as love and hate) towards a person, object or idea.

2. ambivalencenoun

   A state of uncertainty or indecisiveness.

3. Etymology: From ambi- and valentia, from the verb valere (see valiant). Coined 1910 by Swiss psychologist Eugen Bleule for "simultaneous conflicting feelings", by 1929 had taken on a broader literary and general sense.

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1. ambivalence

   Ambivalence is a state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone. It refers to the experience of holding two or more opposing or contradictory thoughts, emotions, or attitudes simultaneously, resulting in uncertainty or indecisiveness.

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1. Ambivalence

   Ambivalence is a state of having simultaneous, conflicting feelings toward a person or thing. Stated another way, ambivalence is the experience of having thoughts and/or emotions of both positive and negative valence toward someone or something. The term also refers to situations where "mixed feelings" of a more general sort are experienced, or where a person experiences uncertainty or indecisiveness concerning something. The expressions "cold feet" and "sitting on the fence" are often used to describe the feeling of ambivalence. Ambivalence is experienced as psychologically unpleasant when the positive and negative aspects of a subject are both present in a person's mind at the same time. This state can lead to avoidance or procrastination, or to deliberate attempts to resolve the ambivalence. When the situation does not require a decision to be made, people experience less discomfort even when feeling ambivalent.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of AMBIVALENCE in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of AMBIVALENCE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of AMBIVALENCE in a Sentence

1. David Seabury:

   Modern science knows much about such conflicts. We call the mental state that engenders it ambivalence: a collision between thought and feeling.

2. Vladan Kuzmanović:

   Sabism is a dualism and a polyvalent sign of ambivalence, bipolarity and synthesis.

3. Sebastien Galy:

   Equity markets are in a state of ambivalence, they should find their footing as the week develops, expectations for the non-farm payroll (data) are relatively subdued given that we are in the process of re-opening the economy. A lack of surprise will comfort the market that tapering is only slowly coming.

4. Dante Scala:

   Now that we're in this age of ISIS and so forth, Republicans have lost their ambivalence toward interventionism, it can be difficult for candidates to make news anyway during these summer months, and with Trump there, it makes matters worse. In some ways maybe it's unfair to judge him to see what happens in the fall. But that overarching problem is something he has yet to solve.

5. Vice President Daniel Runde:

   There was also an assumption that … we could take our sweet time, there was also some ambivalence in the Biden administration.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=AMBIVALENCE
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ambivalence
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=AMBIVALENCE