noun · countable / uncountable · rare

ambivalence

ambivalence · ambivalences

амбівалентність, протирічивість, суперечливість, контрадикційність

неоднозначность, амбивалентность, нерешительность, неуверенность

Ambivalenz

The coexistence of opposing attitudes or feelings towards a person, object or ideaThe coexistence of opposing attitudes or feelings (such as love and hate) towards a person, object or idea.

/æmˈbɪvələns/

» Spenser's sarcastic and joking remarks are often misinterpreted as signs of ambivalence and often taken too seriously.

Spensers sarkastische und scherzhafte Bemerkungen werden oft als Zeichen von Doppelwertigkeit missinterpretiert und zu ernst genommen.

Meaning

2 senses

(countable, uncountable)The coexistence of opposing attitudes or feelings (such as love and hate) towards a person, object or idea.
Ambivalenz
неоднозна́чностьneodnoznáčnostʹ, амбивале́нтностьambivaléntnostʹ
амбівалентністьambivalentnistʹ, протирічивістьprotyričyvistʹ, суперечливістьsuperečlyvistʹ
(countable, uncountable)A state of uncertainty or indecisiveness.
Ambivalenz
нереши́тельностьnerešítelʹnostʹ, неуве́ренностьneuvérennostʹ

More definitions

mixed feelings or emotions

Examples

1 sentences

Spenser's sarcastic and joking remarks are often misinterpreted as signs of ambivalence and often taken too seriously.
deSpensers sarkastische und scherzhafte Bemerkungen werden oft als Zeichen von Doppelwertigkeit missinterpretiert und zu ernst genommen.
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Translations

6 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

coexistence of opposing attitudes:

Русский

By meaning 2

coexistence of opposing attitudes:

state of uncertainty:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

coexistence of opposing attitudes:

Origin

Borrowed from German Ambivalenz (“simultaneous conflicting feelings”), from Latin ambi- (“

Borrowed from German Ambivalenz (“simultaneous conflicting feelings”), from Latin ambi- (“both”) and valentia (“strength”), from the verb valere (“to be strong”) (see valiant); spelled on the model of French-origin words ending in -ence. The German term was coined by Swiss psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler in 1910; by 1929, it had taken on a broader literary and general sense. Equivalent to ambi- + valence.

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