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ambivalency — ambivalence ambivalence, ambivalency ambivalency . 1. mixed feelings or emotions; uncertainty or vacillation in making a choice. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] 2. (Psychol.) the simultaneous existence within a person of both positive and negative feelings… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ambivalency — am·biv·a·len·cy … English syllables
ambivalency — noun mixed feelings or emotions • Syn: ↑ambivalence • Derivationally related forms: ↑ambivalent (for: ↑ambivalence) • Hypernyms: ↑feeling … Useful english dictionary
ambivalence — ambivalence, ambivalency ambivalency . 1. mixed feelings or emotions; uncertainty or vacillation in making a choice. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] 2. (Psychol.) the simultaneous existence within a person of both positive and negative feelings toward another … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
АМБИВАЛЕНТНОСТЬ — (от лат. ambo оба и valentia сила) англ. ambivalency; нем. Ambivalenz. Двойственность переживания, когда один и тот же объект вызывает у человека одновременно противоположные чувства, напр., антипатию и симпатию. см. АФФЕКТ, ЭМОЦИИ. Antinazi.… … Энциклопедия социологии
ambivalence — ambivalent, adj. ambivalently, adv. /am biv euh leuhns/, n. 1. uncertainty or fluctuation, esp. when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things. 2. Psychol. the coexistence… … Universalium
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АМБИВАЛЕНТНОСТЬ — (от лат. ambo оба и valentia сила) англ. ambivalency; нем. Ambivalenz. Двойственность переживания, когда один и тот же объект вызывает у человека одновременно противоположные чувства, напр., антипатию и симпатию. См. АФФЕКТ, ЭМОЦИИ … Толковый словарь по социологии
ambivalence — (n.) simultaneous conflicting feelings, 1924 (1912 as ambivalency), from Ger. Ambivalenz, coined 1910 by Swiss psychologist Eugen Bleuler (1857 1939) on model of Ger. Equivalenz equivalence, etc., from L. ambi both (see AMBI (Cf. ambi )) +… … Etymology dictionary
ambivalence — /æmˈbɪvələns / (say am bivuhluhns) noun 1. the coexistence in one person of opposite and conflicting feelings towards someone or something. 2. uncertainty or ambiguity, especially due to inability to make up one s mind. Also, ambivalency. {from… …
