AMBIVALENCE


Meaning of AMBIVALENCE in English

n. (also ambivalency) the coexistence in one person's mind of opposing feelings, esp. love and hate, in a single context.

Derivatives:

ambivalent adj. ambivalently adv.

Etymology: G Ambivalenz f. L ambo both, after equivalence, -ency

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.