ambivalent

Back-formation from ambivalence, from German Ambivalenz, from Latin ambi- (“in two ways”) + valeō (“be strong”); equivalent to ambi- +‎ -valent.

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /æmˈbɪv.ə.lənt/

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ambivalent (comparative more ambivalent, superlative most ambivalent)

1. Simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, or motivations.
2. Alternately having one opinion or feeling, and then the opposite.

   He has an ambivalent relationship towards his parents.

• (simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing feelings): conflicted, uncertain, undecided, unresolved
• (alternately feeling opposing feelings): vacillating, fluctuating, wavering

Borrowed from German ambivalent.

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑm.bi.vaːˈlɛnt/

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• Hyphenation: am‧bi‧va‧lent
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

ambivalent (comparative ambivalenter, superlative ambivalentst)

1. ambivalent (simultaneously experiencing conflicting drives) [from early 20th c.]

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From German ambivalent, from Latin ambi- + Latin valēns, the latter from the verb valeō

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.bi.va.lɑ̃/

ambivalent (feminine singular ambivalente, masculine plural ambivalents, feminine plural ambivalentes)

1. ambivalent
2. ambiguous, equivocal

• IPA^(key): /ʔambivaˈlɛnt/

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ambivalent (comparative ambivalenter, superlative am ambivalentesten)

1. ambivalent

   Seine Gefühle ihr gegenüber sind ambivalent, sowohl positiv als auch negativ.

   His feelings to her are ambivalent, positive as well as negative.

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