ambivalence

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (countable, uncountable) The coexistence of opposing attitudes or feelings (such as love and hate) towards a person, object or idea.
2. (countable, uncountable) A state of uncertainty or indecisiveness.

Sinonieme

ambivalency

dither

hesitation

indecision

irresolution

uncertainty

Vertalings

ambivalence

Ambivalenz

ambivalência

ambivalenza

ambivalencia

ambivalentie

αμφιθυμία

ambivalència

Doppelwertigkeit

Zwiespältigkeit

çelişik duyguları olma

تضاد

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/æmˈbɪvələns/

Etimologie (Engels)

Borrowed from German Ambivalenz (“simultaneous conflicting feelings”), from Latin ambi- (“both”) and valentia (“strength”), from the verb valere (“to be strong”) (see valiant); spelled on the model of French-origin words ending in -ence. The German term was coined by Swiss psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler in 1910; by 1929, it had taken on a broader literary and general sense. Equivalent to ambi- + valence.