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ambivalence

am·biv·a·lence [ am bívvələnss ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. conflict of ideas or attitudes: the presence of two opposing ideas, attitudes, or emotions at the same time

2. uncertainty: a feeling of uncertainty about something due to a mental conflict

[Early 20th century. < German Ambivalenz, after Äquivalenz "equivalence"]
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