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“ambivalency”
ambivalence, ambivalency
1. Behavior resulting from two incompatible motivations, often taking the form of a mixture of the two motivational tendencies.
2. The presence of two opposing ideas, attitudes, or emotions at the same time.
3. A feeling of uncertainty about something due to a mental conflict.
2. The presence of two opposing ideas, attitudes, or emotions at the same time.
3. A feeling of uncertainty about something due to a mental conflict.
Oh, Honeycup! How could my baby get so dirty!?
Stay down, you dirty dog! Don't jump on me!
Stay down, you dirty dog! Don't jump on me!
When it comes to responding to the dog, the woman obviously has two ways of dealing with it.
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ambi-, amb-, ambo- +
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valid-, val-, vale-, -vail, -valent, -valence
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