AMBIVALENT


Meaning of AMBIVALENT in English

[ am'bɪv(ə)l(ə)nt ]

■ adjective having mixed feelings or opinions about something or someone.

Derivatives

ambivalence noun

~ly adverb

Origin

early 20th cent.: from ambivalence (from Ger. Ambivalenz ), on the pattern of equivalent .

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