Meaning Of The Word Ambivalence

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What's The Definition Of Ambivalence?

ambivalence in American English
simultaneous conflicting feelings toward a person or thing, as love and hate
noun: 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

ambivalence in British English
noun: the simultaneous existence of two opposed and conflicting attitudes, emotions, etc

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