AMBIVALENCY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mixed feelings or emotions

Synonyms:

ambivalence; ambivalency

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("ambivalency" is a kind of...):

feeling (the experiencing of affective and emotional states)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ambivalency"):

conflict (opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings)

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