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- Dictionaryambivalence/amˈbɪvələns/
noun
- 1. the state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone: "the law's ambivalence about the importance of a victim's identity"
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State of having simultaneous conflicting reactions, beliefs, or feelings towards some object
Ambivalence is a state of having simultaneous conflicting reactions, beliefs, or feelings towards some object. Stated another way, ambivalence is the experience of having an attitude towards someone or something that contains both positively and negatively valenced components. The term also refers to situations where "mixed feelings" of a more general sort are experienced, or where a person experi... Wikipedia
