ambivalence \ambivalence\, ambivalency \ambivalency\n.
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 person
or action, or toward an object (as of attraction and
revulsion), resulting in internal conflict.
[PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
ambivalency
n : mixed feelings or emotions [syn: ambivalence]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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