What does ambivalence mean?

Definitions for ambivalence
æmˈbɪv ə lənsam·biva·lence

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. ambivalence, ambivalencynoun

    mixed feelings or emotions

Wiktionary

  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. Sam Kamin:

    You have this odd combination here for ambivalence on the part of prosecutors and juries and a statute that permits the imposition of death in most murders, in some cases it was lack of resources, in some cases it was the belief that a jury wouldn't impose it.

  2. Sokeel Park of the Liberty:

    Amongst people in cities that have more access to foreign information and are the most switched on, there is likely more ambivalence or even cynicism over the use of precious resources for things that bring no tangible benefit to the people and cause worsening relations with the outside world.

  3. Paul de Man:

    The ambivalence of writing is such that it can be considered both an act and an interpretive process that follows after an act with which it cannot coincide. As such, it both affirms and denies its own nature.

  4. David Seabury:

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

  5. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell:

    There has been a lot of talk in the last 24 hours about one of our presidential candidates and his seeming ambivalence about David Duke and the KKK, so let me make it perfectly clear, that is not the view of Republicans who have been elected to the United States Senate, and I condemn his views in the most forceful way.

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Translations for ambivalence

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  • ازدواجيةArabic
  • AmbivalenzGerman
  • ambivalencia, indecisiónSpanish
  • دیوانگیPersian
  • ambivalenceFrench
  • उभयवृत्तिताHindi
  • tvíbendni, tvíveðrungurIcelandic
  • アンビバレンスJapanese
  • ambivalentieDutch
  • ambiwalencja, niezdecydowaniePolish
  • ambivalênciaPortuguese
  • неуверенность, неоднозначность, нерешительность, амбивалентностьRussian
  • podeljenost, ambivalencija, ambivalentnostSerbo-Croatian
  • ambivalensSwedish
  • விருப்பு வெறுப்பற்ற நிலையைப்Tamil
  • 矛盾Chinese

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