Noun
mixed feelings or emotions
Source: WordNetAlthough Davis empathizes with the many people whose silence comes from fear rather than ambivalence, she encouraged students not to fear the consequences of their actions as individuals, but to find courage in the collective of a movement. Source: Internet
Dennis (2008:123) Suggested homosexual subtext It has been argued that the play's themes of duplicity and ambivalence are inextricably bound up with Wilde's homosexuality, and that the play exhibits a "flickering presence-absence of… homosexual desire". Source: Internet
A fresh, funny, and wisely observed debut novel about marriage - about the love, longing and ambivalence exposed when a husband takes the baby on a highly unusual outing. Source: Internet
Eva Heller (2000), Psychologie de la couleur- effets et symboliques, p. 33. Yellow is the color of ambivalence and contradiction; the color associated with optimism and amusement; but also with betrayal, duplicity, and jealousy. Source: Internet
In particular, Diamond indicated that some countries’ ignorance and ambivalence regarding global dilemmas such as climate change is concerning. Source: Internet
Much of the ambivalence was due to the federal Coasting Law, an awkward 1789 act that forced vessels to stop and pay customs fees in every state they sailed past, except for those bordering on their own state. Source: Internet