MEANING
The coexistence of opposed feelings or judgments toward the same thing.
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Words that belong together
- emotional ambivalence
- ambivalence about change
On the page
Her ambivalence about leaving appeared in the unfinished letter.
Word forms
- Base
- ambivalence
Usage notes
Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: character, interpretation. Commonness: moderately common.
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