ambivalent

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 2 German 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Adjective

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From ambivalence from German Ambivalenz from Latin ambi- (“‘in two ways’”) + valeō (“‘be strong’”)

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP, US) IPA: /æmˈbɪv.ə.lənt/
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[edit] Adjective

ambivalent (comparative more ambivalent, superlative most ambivalent)

1. Simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, or motivations.
2. Alternately having one opinion or feeling, and then the opposite.
3. having no real feeling to, indifferent.

[edit] Synonyms

• (simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing feelings): conflicted, uncertain, undecided, unresolved
• (alternately feeling opposing feelings): vacillating, fluctuating, wavering

[edit] Related terms

• ambiguous
• ambivalence
• ambivalently
• equivalent

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[edit] German

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Adjective

ambivalent (comparative ambivalenter, superlative am ambivalentesten)

1. ambivalent