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- Dictionaryam·biv·a·lent/amˈbiv(ə)lənt/
adjective
- 1. having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone: "some loved her, some hated her, few were ambivalent about her"
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The meaning of AMBIVALENT is having or showing simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings toward something or someone : characterized by ambivalence. How to use ambivalent in a sentence. Did you know?
having two opposing feelings at the same time, or being uncertain about how you feel: My wife loves the opera, but I have ambivalent feelings about it.
AMBIVALENT meaning: 1. having two opposing feelings at the same time, or being uncertain about how you feel: 2. having…. Learn more.
Ambivalent definition: having mixed feelings about someone or something; being unable to choose between two (usually opposing) courses of action. See examples of AMBIVALENT used in a sentence.
If you can't decide how you feel about something, declare yourself ambivalent about it. Ambivalent means "having mixed feelings about something." A Swiss psychologist named Eugen Bleuler coined the German word Ambivalenz in the early twentieth century, and it was soon imported into English.
1. : simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action. felt ambivalence toward his powerful father. ambivalence toward marriage. 2. a. : continual fluctuation (as between one thing and its opposite) b. : uncertainty as to which approach to follow.
adjective. If you say that someone is ambivalent about something, they seem to be uncertain whether they really want it, or whether they really approve of it. She remained ambivalent about her marriage. [ + about] He maintained an ambivalent attitude to the Church throughout his long life.
ambivalent (about/towards somebody/something) having or showing both positive and negative feelings about somebody/something. She seems to feel ambivalent about her new job. He has an ambivalent attitude towards her.
AMBIVALENT definition: having two different feelings about something: . Learn more.
having or showing both good and bad feelings about someone or something She seems to feel ambivalent about her new job. He has an ambivalent attitude toward her.
