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AMBIVALENCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mixed feelings or emotions
Synonyms:
ambivalence; ambivalency
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("ambivalence" is a kind of...):
feeling (the experiencing of affective and emotional states)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ambivalence"):
conflict (opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings)
Derivation:
ambivalent (uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow)
